Removable inner forestay tension?

Blueboatman

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Tip - Tension leaver to the point where you can't quite 'flip it over' then put a slot in the end of an old bit of copper pipe that you have laying around and use that as an extension on the leaver. ?
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Drill a 3mm hole in the end of the handle and tie a loop of stout cord through it and use that to start the release process when you’ve done with the inner jib- it can be a bugger just trying to prise open the bare handle when you’ve wanged the tension up really high !
If the OP cares to fit a 4 part downhaul tackle to the tack of the staysail, he can augment the luff tension (and shape )that way too.
 

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I used to sail on a boat that had a wheel attached to the bottle screw. That was great. One just turned the wheel which rotated the bottle screw to apply/release the tension. Trouble with these systems is that one has to play with a clevise & pin to fasten to the deck eyebolt.
A highfield lever just flips through a loop, turn the lever up & job done. Far the quickest option & nothing to drop overboard.
 

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Simply put... the fact that it is removable demonstrates that it is not essential for holding the rig up... its only purpose is as something to hang a sail on... you could set a storm sail on the same halyard with no inner forestay at all . The important bits are the running back stays.

I take my runners right aft ... my storm jib sheets to a point frd of the jib sheets.
 

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Trouble with these systems is that one has to play with a clevise & pin to fasten to the deck eyebolt.
A highfield lever just flips through a loop, turn the lever up & job done. Far the quickest option & nothing to drop overboard.

That is a concern, but can be solved in various ways.
I made a PBO style kind of toggle for the bottle screw that has a captive rigging bolt. The slot to the right is keyhole shaped. No loose parts to drop.

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