Salty,
I installed a Solent Stay on Corsair 6 years ago. Best thing I ever did for
offshore work.
Call my cell below for details.
David F. Risch
1981 40-2
(401) 419-4650 (cell)
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 08:13:52 -0400
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List Fitting a Solent stay
From
Hi,
An email came out from Practical Sailor yesterday with a link pointing a
discussion on “The DIY Solent Stay or Inner Forestay”
Here is the link:
http://www.practical-sailor.com/blog/The-DIY-Solent-Stay-or-Inner-Forestay-11840-1.html?ET=practicalsailor:e30620:117607a:&st=email&s=p_wayp
Not a huge fan of the solent solution. For light air, I think you are far
better off with a furling spinnaker, Doyle UPS, etc. For a storm sail solution
it really depends. For constant use a dedicated inner forestay is preferable.
For the cruising I did, (offshore to the BVI followed by isla
Congrats on the new boat. The 40 is pretty much my ideal (budget) cruising
boat.
Given the location of out huge anchor locker, I'm not sure you could fit a
Solent stay on our boats. I have seen a staysl stay fitted aft of the anchor
locker with a chain plate down the fwd bulkhead and a storm j
Saw this this morning...
http://www.practical-sailor.com/blog/The-DIY-Solent-Stay-or-Inner-Forestay-11840-1.html?ET=practicalsailor:e30620:652553a:&st=email&s=p_waypoints101415
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 3:36 PM corralmaduzi via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> Hi there sailors,
> I've eve
Hi there sailors,
I've eventually become the proud owner of a C&C 40 and would like to know who
has fitted a Solent-stay and if they could share the info on how to go about
it.It will be for cruising and used either for going up-wind with a smaller
Genoa or a storm-jib when necessary. I would ap
