Babt or inner stay

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Dec 19, 2011
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Grampian 28 Ladysmith BC Canada
Hi Need infor of where I can put an inner or baby stay on my Grampian 28. I want to stabalize the forestay in case of failer and hank on a storm sail. Would like to do this without modification to the aft stay.
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Bert
 
Sep 25, 2008
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Bristol 43.3 Perth Amboy
Solent Stay

Consider a detachable solent stay. The solent stay attaches high up on the mast and comes down to the deck not so far aft of the forestay. We have one on Blue Note. Since it is almost at the mast head, no running backstays needed. We can hank on our storm jib or heavy weather jib. It is close enough to the forestay that it makes taking difficult if the solent stay is in place with the roller furling genoa unrolled.

It is not as convenient as a true cutter rig, but cutters can be hard to tack the forward jib too. You need to have a high cut jib.
 
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