Phoenix of Hamble
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I want to replace my standing rigging shortly, as its long overdue, and while i'm at it, i'm going to get a detachable inner forestay added...
I've got my own ideas of how i'm going to do it, but wanted to get some forum thoughts on the approach to see what other's reactions are, and test my thinking
I've got on the foredeck an enormous anchor locker, within which, on the back edge, sits a topless box that holds the anchor windlass... this is formed from about 6/7mm thick glass as you'd expect to hold a windlass.... what i'm thinking is to get a V shaped stainless brace made up from pretty substantial material, perhaps 4mm ish, which will sit on the back face of this box, through a small hole either side, down to the hull sides itself, where i'll have a bracket on the ends of the V that are glassed to the hull... this will be pretty substantial as a mounting point and transfer the loads nicely between the deck and hull... it would make the mounting point probably about 3' back from the forestay....
I am looking to have a slutter/solent style stay, from a few inches below the main forestay down to this point, short enough to take back to a chain plate and then a heavy duty block and tackle to put it under tension with a built in jammer on the lower block
I will use this stay to obviously provide additional support for the mast, but mainly to fly a storm sail from.. the blocks meaning it will need to be flown quite high.... i'd also like the option to fly a staysail in the future, and having a yankee made up as an alternative to the current genoa for the forestay...
Tracks wise, there is little point IMHO of putting a track in for a storm sail, as it will only ever be flown as one size, so intend to put a standing block in the appropriate place instead
If I fly a staysail, then again, I don't forsee it being a reefable sail (I would only want a small staysail), so with careful thought, might get away with the same standing block for the storm sail, maybe a second car for the existing genoa track (which is mounted quite a long way inboard already)... trial and error on that one I feel.
I'll also need to get an extra halyard fitted... I only have two halyards currently... a genoa and spinny... and the spinny halyard wouldn't really be led very well I think... another thing that needs checking..
so....
Is 3' back too far for the stay?, too little?, too much of a compromise?
Is a block and tackle going to be man enough, or should I resort to a more traditional highfield lever approach? will the block mean that I need to set the staysail too high?.... if I need a longer stay and then a lever, how do I manage the excess wire when its led back without destroying it?
Your thoughts?
I've got my own ideas of how i'm going to do it, but wanted to get some forum thoughts on the approach to see what other's reactions are, and test my thinking
I've got on the foredeck an enormous anchor locker, within which, on the back edge, sits a topless box that holds the anchor windlass... this is formed from about 6/7mm thick glass as you'd expect to hold a windlass.... what i'm thinking is to get a V shaped stainless brace made up from pretty substantial material, perhaps 4mm ish, which will sit on the back face of this box, through a small hole either side, down to the hull sides itself, where i'll have a bracket on the ends of the V that are glassed to the hull... this will be pretty substantial as a mounting point and transfer the loads nicely between the deck and hull... it would make the mounting point probably about 3' back from the forestay....
I am looking to have a slutter/solent style stay, from a few inches below the main forestay down to this point, short enough to take back to a chain plate and then a heavy duty block and tackle to put it under tension with a built in jammer on the lower block
I will use this stay to obviously provide additional support for the mast, but mainly to fly a storm sail from.. the blocks meaning it will need to be flown quite high.... i'd also like the option to fly a staysail in the future, and having a yankee made up as an alternative to the current genoa for the forestay...
Tracks wise, there is little point IMHO of putting a track in for a storm sail, as it will only ever be flown as one size, so intend to put a standing block in the appropriate place instead
If I fly a staysail, then again, I don't forsee it being a reefable sail (I would only want a small staysail), so with careful thought, might get away with the same standing block for the storm sail, maybe a second car for the existing genoa track (which is mounted quite a long way inboard already)... trial and error on that one I feel.
I'll also need to get an extra halyard fitted... I only have two halyards currently... a genoa and spinny... and the spinny halyard wouldn't really be led very well I think... another thing that needs checking..
so....
Is 3' back too far for the stay?, too little?, too much of a compromise?
Is a block and tackle going to be man enough, or should I resort to a more traditional highfield lever approach? will the block mean that I need to set the staysail too high?.... if I need a longer stay and then a lever, how do I manage the excess wire when its led back without destroying it?
Your thoughts?