| Title: | SAILING |
| Notice: | Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference |
| Moderator: | UNIFIX::BERENS |
| Created: | Wed Jul 01 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2299 |
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I am looking for suggestions on the rigging of a staysail.
My Caliber 38 is sloop rigged, but has an inner stay installed along
with the running backstays. I do not think the previous owner ever
used it as the staysail is neatly folded and very crisp and there are
no sheets to be found. There are no extra blocks and no tracks except
for the headsail.
So, it appears I have the flexibility to rig the staysail to any
sheeting angle, with any arrangement I choose. The headsail is a 135.
My previous boat had a boom for the staysail. This self-tending was
nice, but heavy weather made the boom an additional hazzard. In
addition, the sail did not set well until I modified the rig to loose
footed.
Perhaps the use of barber haulers is a good way to try out some various
sheeting arrangements prior to doing anything that requires putting
holes in the vessel.
Suggestions/comments please.
Hank
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1756.1 | MSCSSE::BERENS | Alan Berens | Wed Jul 17 1991 18:06 | 24 | |
re .0: A staysail rigged as a normal jib would have deck block tracks (hmmm, staysail tracks maybe -- shouldn't call them genoa tracks), tack blocks, and winches located just like the genoa. But there are problems. Because the staysail in fairly small and low (compared to the headsail), the tracks need to be fairly far inboard. Some/many/most sidedecks are not wide enough for the staysail tracks. Our staysail tracks are on the coachroof and are actually too far inboard. The clew of the staysail chafes on the forward lower shroud close-hauled (we sometimes sheet it to the front of the genoa track instead). You could either experiment or just locate everything as recommended by any of the many books about sails and sail tuning. Tracks, blocks, and winches will be expensive, however. For short-handed sailing, I quite like a cutter rig. We have a Yankee jib (clew high off the deck) on the headstay. It is easy to see under even heeled way over. Much safer for this reason than a deck sweeper. The staysail is hanked on (someone recently referred to our headsail hanks as museum pieces) so that the sail can be easily replaced by the storm jib. The staysail on the headstay and the storm jib on the staysail stay makes an excellent heavy weather combination. | |||||