The other C&C 37/40 at our Club has just runners like yours, no checkstays. I suppose everything could be ordered the way you wanted it when buying the boat new. Most 37Rs would have both, most 37+ none. 37XL either I guess.
Ken H. On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 at 18:39, Josh Muckley via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > My mast only has one set of check/running back stays. They are made of > 1/4" 1x19 wire rope and stop short of the deck at the mast by about 2 > feet. At the deck end there is a eye to which I have 5:1 fiddle blocks > with cam cleats and snap shackles that attach to the toe rail. When the > boom or mailsail start to press on the stays I use that pressure to unload > the tackle in the fiddles. The length of the tackle on the fiddles has been > measured to let the boom and mainsail rest on them for broad reaching. If > I get even deeper down wind, I have snap shackles on mine which I can use > to release the fiddles from the eye and lash the eye to a prestaged > anchor. I rarely need to do this since I avoid deep downwind runs if > possible. > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > Jun 20, 2025 15:59:50 Languid Refiner via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com > >: > > When the running backs are not in use (because it would interfere with the > mainsail), where do they go? Do I just tie them to the base of the mast? > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM Ken Heaton <kenhea...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Page 61? (The C&C 37/40 Sail Plan) of the 37/40 Owner's Manual shows them >> faintly. In this drawing it shows the Running Back and Checkstays meeting >> at approximately the end of the boom (but are not attached to the boom), >> then continuing to the blocks on the toerail at the stern. >> >> >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7X4Y5iVFYAKV09MQTZmSzlxejA/view?resourcekey=0-CSGcNyb4w0UcN49EypcO8w >> > Your contributions help pay the fees associated with this list and help to > keep it active. Please help by making a small contribution using PayPal > at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/stumurray All contributions are > greatly appreciated.
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