Listers:
I want to pass along a recent experience. I took some
family members out sailing over the weekend (Lake Erie), and we stopped for
a leisurely swim. Upon opening the lifeline gate, the gate eye fell into
the water and, for all intents and purposes, was unretrievable.
Calypso has hydraulic adjusters on both the back and baby stay. Using
significant pressure on both, the “hell for stout” mast barely shows any bend.
With the baby stay disconnected the mast does pump alarmingly in short, steep
seas.
The main utility of Calypso’s baby stay is to prevent mast pum
Great thoughts all. I use our hydraulic backstay to much greater effect. I’m
going to tie the baby back and watch the results on the main, which likely was
cut for that lower fwd tension. We sail in the Salish, so heavy air is
relatively shortlived, but some recent passages with blasts to 30 mak
Your rigger is on the mark regarding adding bend to the mast (and stiffening it
to some degree since it attaches lower than the head stay). If it is left in
place and used, the mainsail should be cut appropriately so that when the stay
is on, the luff is pulled forward somewhat by it and the bac
The Office (35/3) has both. I didn't think it did much until I tensioned
it offshore and it parted. I replaced it and continued to use if upwind in
heavy weather.
Joel
On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 10:55 AM Riley Anderson via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> Interesting. Our 38-ii had a bab
Interesting. Our 38-ii had a babystay but it was removed by the previous
owner. I've been told by a local rigger that the babystay does not support
the mast in any significant manner, but rather adds bend for going upwind.
Then again, our boat also had a hydraulic backstay adjuster (also for
adding
Depending on the conditions you usually sail/race in, (higher winds (>15
knots), waves that are high enough to pound into, etc.) and your spreader
angles aft (if any) and mast stiffness, etc. you may find that you can either
remove it permanently (my solution) or just release it and connect it t
Peter, unless you sail in a heavy air area, just don't use the baby stay; we
bungee ours to the mast and it makes no difference at all; except that the crew
is a lot less stressed out during tacksI am confident that if it were
removed, no one would even notice...!
Richard
s/v Bushmark4:
Hey Mike,
I don't think there is "one best sailmaker" that knows a 34R. I love my boat
and how she sails, but I have to admit I never spent the money necessary to
campaign her like she deserves, I never had racing sails built for my boat but
used the sails that came with her. Long way to say
Shroud roller on the baby stay.
Jon
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Bowman forward pulling the foot of the sail forward thru a tack.
On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 1:29 AM Peter McMinn via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> We’ve been sailing this summer with two exhausted composite headsails
> (110&125) purchased with our 37, Sirius.
>
> The leeches on both sai
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