[Public-List] Solent stay

[americo silva]

Check out Atom voyages he added a solent stay to his triton

On Sun., Mar. 7, 2021, 11:09 p.m. Gordon Laco via Public-List, <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> Hello Marcelo,
>
> Rigging up a Solent stay that is removable is not difficult.  One achieves
> good tension by use of a highfield lever arrangement which involves a
> fitting much like the pelican hook used to close lifeline gates, but much
> stronger of course.
>
> The hard part is rigging up a deck pade eye to receive the lower end of
> the stay… but that in solved by glassing in a knee to the underside of the
> deck, or perhaps a short wire carrying the deck load to the stem as is done
> with Folkboats.  Actually I’d recommend that way.
>
> Perhaps better than a Solent stay would be arranging a wire luff in your
> heavy weather headsail, and it’s own block up below the masthead.  When
> hoisted, perhaps stowed on something like the Wyckham-Martin furling gear,
> it would be easily deployed.   You’d set it up hard with a sufficiently
> strong halyard winch.
>
> For daily coastal sailing the halyard would be stowed against the mast,
> and the sail coiled up and stowed below.   That would work like a Solent
> stay, but would be in place only on passages where you might need it.
>
> Gordon Laco
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>
>
>
> > On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:37 PM, Marcelo Gentinetta via Public-List <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> >
> > Good afternoon,
> > I have been researching how to add a Solent stay to 441 for extra piece
> of mind when it really blows. I am reluctant to use my 140 furled down to
> avoid stretching it. I am curious how others have done this on our boats. I
> am thinking that it should be detachable so as to avoid having to furl the
> Genoa every time we tack. I am curious how far aft from the present
> forestay it should be and how far down from the masthead it should attach
> so as not to require a baby stay.
> > I appreciate the input,
> > Marcelo
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