2023年9月2日 · With the mast sketched, the forestay angle sets the height of the hounds (where the forestay hits the mast). The fraction of the fractional rig sets the overall height of the mast. A sketch profile sets the height of the cabin top and cockpit sole, and experience sets the height and length of the boom.

2012年3月25日 · they do of course hold the mast up, especially if it is a deck stepped mast. the forestay determines the mast rake, the backstay determines the amount of tension on the forestay which sets the amount luff curve in the foresail. while sailing the forestay will never be perfectly straight so the sails luff is cut curved to match the curve or sag in the stay. the backstay is set …

2013年11月4日 · We would leave the inner forestay in place, as the 4' slot between the outer an inner forestays was adequate to allow for minimal interference when tacking the genoa. That said, we have only rigged these stays for an offshore passage of several days when we had a favorable long-range forecast. 99% of the time these stays stay coiled up in my ...

2007年6月12日 · I no longer have access to the forestay. Anyone solved how to measure the tension in the forestay once it is hidden away inside the roller reefing tube? I inherited a spring loaded measuring device from the previous owner that uses about two feet of exposed wire to measure the tension. There is now no exposed wire on the forestay. Thanks.

2010年5月7日 · The black Nylon locking devices are used to immobilize the pin provided with furling system and to keep the forestay lower terminal in the center of the drum mechanism. If the dimension of "C" (seq 9) [the turnbuckle size] is larger than 45/64", the locking devices must be …

2011年8月19日 · Hi, The forestay on my Beneteau sailing boat has a bottle screw tension adjuster under the furling roller (see pic). Unfortunately even with the bottlescrew fully tightend the forestay is still a bit loose which results in poor pointing ability. In …

2015年11月7日 · The running backs are generally adjustable. This doesnot allow a fixed adjustment to the inner forestay. Up to a point you can use the inner forestay to adjust the shape of the mast as if you are using (the nonexisting) forward lowers. …

2007年4月15日 · The spec. says it covers typical boat lengths of 28' - 36', max. forestay dia. of 5/16", and clevis pin 1/2" or 5/8". I measured the forestay as 3/8" and the clevis pin as 1/2". These don't seem to match up - the forestay is stronger than the clevis pin! I suspect that a previous owner put a larger diameter forestay on the boat.

2007年5月3日 · There is a hook on the mast that must be for a wire halyard but it doesn't have one. There is a wire in the luff of the jib. The person I bought it from said that he had removed a roller furling setup. I expected the jib to have clips along the luff to clip to the forestay. The sag must be from the rope halyard stretching under load.

2010年2月10日 · The forestay can also affect 'mast rake' as well as 'mast bend', some boats require a certain amount of rake and use the forestay to set this rake. I have a trailerable sailboat so I set my rake and bend while the boat is level on the trailer and then keep it set there using a hairpin/cotterpin in the turnbuckle.