John Vigor

In Johns book "The Seaworthy offshore Sailboat" he states on page 35, "an inner forestay needs to be opposed by running backstays."
On page 41 he states "every stay on the forward side of the spar must be backed up by another aft of the mast. So if you have an inner forestay that does not go to the top of the mast, you will need to rig two running backstays to counteract its forward pull, one for each jibe."
What is he saying?
All cutters must have running backstays?

Gordon
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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Baby stays?
    ... > On my boat the inner forestay balances the forces of the lower ... Wherever the inner forestay is not attached at the same height ... > released in order to let the boom out when sailing down wind. ... On modern short-boom Bermudan-sail boats the need for backstays arises ...
    (uk.rec.sailing)
  • Re: John Vigor
    ... inner forestay needs to be opposed by running backstays." ... backstays to counteract its forward pull, ... All cutters must have running backstays?< ... Well it sounds like that is what he is saying but there are cutters with no ...
    (rec.boats.cruising)
  • Re: fixed or running backstays ?
    ... need to make sure the mast will still bend the same. ... The cutter option sounds resonable. ... Running backstays, which are relatively hard to install reason why ... Problem is the very small angle the fixed backstays will make compared ...
    (uk.rec.sailing)
  • Re: John Vigor
    ... All cutters must have running backstays?< ... If the mast is quite stiff it may not need RBstays - the regular back stay ... It's all a matter of design. ...
    (rec.boats.cruising)