[Public-list] detachable inner forestay

[Gordon Laco]

Hi Mark - 

I will show you what we have done with Surprise when we meet at the yard
(some time soon I hope)

Our game plan is to remove the genny from the furler and run up a high
clewed jib that I had cut down and fitted with a luff tape for that purpose.
I don't use the furler for anything other than storing the sail - despite
what manufacturers claim about 'reefing'.

I have another jib that is smaller yet that has a wire luff.  We shackle
that to the bow plate and haul it aloft on the block normally used for the
spinnaker pole topping lift.  I fitted a block and a hanger for it much
heavier that required so that it could do double duty as a storm jib halyard
- works well.  We like the wire luff because the sail comes with its own
stay to be flown from... And there is nothing there when we are not using
that sail.

In order to avoid having to fit running backstays I set the block not too
far above the spreaders so that the aft lowers would provide enough
opposition.

Gord #426 Surprise







> I'm looking for some wisdom on installing a detachable inner forestay.
> Last summer we tested the limits of our genoa on furling in a fairly
> big blow. Trying to beat with a storm-sized section out left us
> frustrated and did some damage to the sail in short order. I have a
> hank-on storm jib, but no way of attaching it due to the furling.
> Here's what I am considering: creating a detachable forestay to run to
> the bow in such conditions. When it isn't in use, it could be detached
> and tied off. Has anyone created such a system? If so, how was it
> attached at the masthead? Does it require a matching backstay (I'm
> thinking no)? Are there better alternatives to consider?
> 
> Mark Bisset,
> Wanderlove # 578
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