Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever attempted to reposition the forestay such that a M26C becomes a full sloop instead of a fractional? Again - purely out of curiosity.
Perfect! Thank y'all so much! I'm toying with retro-fitting the forestay to be able to utilize other forward sails. Sounds like its doable.I raised my forestay up enough that I could use J24 headsails on my V25. It wound up being a 15/16 fractional rig, so not quite a full masthead sloop. The spreaders were raised also, to keep the geometry the same. My boat also has a 5/32 forestay and a custom stem head fitting and an adjustable split backstay. The factory rig on the 25 is the same as the 26s and d.
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