JackStays

[WayneS]

I need to fit Jackstays to our 30' sailboat.

I see that Compass sell some @ £33 ea which are 12m long and have an adjustable end.

Any Views on these

a) from a cost point of view. I need jackstays approx 7m long. Compass would cost me £66. could I get custom made cheaper.

b) is the adjustable bit a concern.

Appreciate your time

Wayne


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[alan]

I had some made by Jimmy Green Marine about 3 years ago. They are in the Mediterranean sun all year round ('cause I'm too lazy to dismount them when Im not cruising) and they are still good.

Alan.
Nettuno, Italy.

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[poter]

make your own.......... much cheaper, the webbing is available from any good sail or headlining outlet & you should be able to get your local uphosterlery or sail maker to sew some loops. I had loops at each end and one in the middle on my 30' moody and shackled from the toerail.
The whole lot only cost me £38

Will you be fitting the jackstays inboard or along the toerail?

poter

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[Aardee]

Thanks for the post. I'm also looking to do the same on my 30' sailboat and was going to ask the same question.

I've been told Mastercovers at Port Solent can make them up to order but haven't called them yet.

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[anabel]

Some years ago I needed to get jackstays . Bought two lengths of the stuff from English Braids. At the time I also purchased 4 s/s triangles. Got the local canvas cover maker to stitch them on to the ends. Meant they were the correct length. I just shackel them on at the start of each season. They have served me well since.

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[bedouin]

I would be cautious about who I asked to sew loops in jackstays. I seem to recall that on the Sydney/Hobart at least one death was attributed to failure of the stitching on the jackstay. I certainly wouldn't trust an uphoslterer or tent-maker. A sail maker should be okay - if they are prepared to do so.

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[david_e]

Plastimo do a good range at set lengths, contact a dealer to get them for you after you have measured the aprox length. Our boat is 32' and from memory 8 or 9m lengths were fine by the time we had fitted them to fixed points. Cost about £29 for the pair, we used high quality, large D shape s/s shackles to attach.

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[beneteau_305_553]

I bolted a big D ring to the cabin roof and have run the jackstay down to another D ring on the fore deck. I have just a 12 mm rope between the two . I can clip onto this as I come out of the cabin and stay clipped on to do all deck work. It keeps the jackstays off the side deck and means you can hav short lines from the harness.

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[Birdseye]

much better approach. i have never fancied being towed along in the water with a lifeline attached. to my mind, they need to be short enough to prevent you ever falling in, and this is difficult unless the jackstay is on the center line

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[bigmart]

I have heard it said that the bow wave only covers your head when you reach about 6 knots. But I do understand what you mean.

Martin

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[Mhvoiceuk]

I need to fit Jackstays too - just completed my dayskipper theory and am now quite fired up on the safety front. I don't have any fixing points (old boat no toe rail). Can anyone suggest a secure fixing to attach jackstays to and also the best position(s) to put them. I haven't actually drilled any holes in my boat yet so also what should I back the fixings with to help prevent them tearing out?
I have a 23 footer (an Islander).



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[bigmart]

Its not perfect but I attach mine to the pushpit base & to a strop attached to the Sampson post in th bows. No drilling required.

Martin

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[Abigail]

We replaced our rather elderly ones by buying the webbing and stitching the ends on the same pattern as the old ones with extremely strong thread which we waterproofed. At one end there is a shackle to a stanchion base on the bows - not ideal and we are pondering this.

Aft they each lead to a flat lying D ring - by far the most expensive part of the whole thing. These are through bolted onto a stainless steel plate which is (like all our deck fittings now) is readily easily accessible behind our panel headlining. The stays are tied aft with a strong set of 5ml loops, as you sometimes see on the forward end of guard rails. I prefer this as it is somewhere easy to cut and release if you had to (eg dismasted and chunk of spreader caught in the jackstay etc). Certainly strong enough to hold weight.

HTH

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