Mast Problem another candidate for the Darwin award

[dankilb]

What’s interesting for me - and I’m happy to reveal my ignorance here - is that I been misinterpreting ‘baby stay’ all along by applying it to any stay inboard of the forestay (e.g. onto which a furler staysail, even, may be attached). Again, it’s a good example of where close enough terminology usually makes you understood (indeed, nobody has corrected me on that over several decades!).

I now understand a bit more about the terminology from this discussion - and about these Sadlers and their mast rake, to keep it topical - in that the baby stay really has a dedicated load bearing/tuning role (not necessarily with a view to hanking a sail and indeed not unlike a ‘lower’, but just fwd the mast).

 

[zoidberg]

Many here will be well acquent with the complexities of mast/rig interconnections and tuning. Some, perhaps not.

For those who may find it useful - even if only to help define a 'common term' - there is this guide:
https://support.seldenmast.com/files/595-540-E.pdf

 

[Praxinoscope]

Brief up-date, finally managed to get the necessary ‘slaves’ to assist, light winds and dried out mooring.
Moved the forestay to the third holes up holes in the Plastimo chainplate that l thought looked as if that was where it was fitted previously, this removed the inverse mast bend and increased the rake, (too much!) also couldn’t fully adjust the backstay turnbuckle fully to get tension on the forestay, so next move was to drop the forestay down one more hole, this removed the excessive rake (it may still be more than I want, but won’t know fully until trying under sail) backstaybtightens better but not as much as I would like so sitting down and thinking what I do next.
May leave it as it is till end of season as it is now much better than it was.