Backstay Split Rigging? - Sailboat Owners Forums My H23 has a *pair* of the triangular plates to tie the three backstay wires together, like a sandwich as you noted Since your backstay wires are terminated with the flat, not split, eyes you will need both triangles A standard clevis pin goes through one plate, the eye, then the other plate and is secured with a cotter pin
Backstay for 1987 Catalina 22 | Sailboat Owners Forums My backstay (possibly like your original) was split, but not adjustable I really enjoy the fact I can stand the mast with a loose backstay-- make the forestay connections and then tighten Some images of what I played with prior to committing-- and I have some interesting chainplates provided by my PO, but would apply to your factory eye bolts
hydraulic backstay rebuild | Sailboat Owners Forums The backstay pulls the mast aft stretching the forestay taut This stretches the sail luff allowing the sail to be trimmed flatter This position improves the foresail ability to point higher
Hydraulic Backstay Adjustser Use - Sailboat Owners Forums Look up the breaking strength of both of them For calculating maximum loads, use the figures for the weakest part of your backstay You can safely apply 20-25% of the breaking strength to your backstay Since you have a split backstay, the maximum force applied by the hydraulic backstay adjuster should only be half of that figure
Use backstay to control forestay tension with furling mast? Anyway, I consider an adjustable backstay essential equipment on most sailboats, no matter how you use it Just because your boat didn't come with an adjustable backstay, don't assume it wouldn't be useful and worth the cost of installation It was probably an option the original owner decided not to check the box and pay the extra charge
backstay adjuster - SailNet Community Mastbend with a backstay adjuster is such an easy and incrimental adjustment that controls both the mainsail and jib at the same time, and is reasonably inexpensive to build, that I have a hard time visualizing the advantage of going to a lace or zipper luff Respectfully, Jeff
Adjustable back stay - SailNet Community On a normal fractional rig, with an adjustable backstay and swept back spreaders, you don't need runners to tension tension the forestay since the backstay will do that perfectly adequately Jeff Curmudgeon at Large- and rhinestone in the rough, sailing my Farr 11 6 on the Chesapeake Bay
Dual Backstays - SailNet Community The split backstay is made out of a single piece of wire that is looped from the transom up to a wire block on the backstay, and back down to the multi-block purchase It is a nicer way of doing a backstay tensioner than the split system, but more expensive to implement
attach flag to backstay - Sailboat Owners Forums It works really well; we hoist the ensign up about 2 3-3 4 up the height of the backstay Aside from being technically correct and (I think) looking very yachtsman like, the best thing about having a flag on the backstay is that it is a great wind indicator We use it more often than the wind vane at the masthead
Are backstays really necessary? | Sailboat Owners Forums Are most of the forces on the rigging on the shrouds and forestay? I noticed a hunter 31 or 310 I think that has no back stay The backstay on my boat is the only rigging that hasn't been replaced in quite some time Is that because it isn't as necessary to keeping the mast vertical? or just a