Staysail Attachment

[Bob Grabham]

Here's an easy question for all of you CD'ers who have a staysail. What is the proper method for attaching the tack of the staysail to the inner stay? How do you hold the tack at an appropriate level for the foot of the sail to approximate the same angle as the boom? When I purchased our CD36 the staysail was tied to the inner forestay with a length of line. I can't believe that this is the proper method. Any thoughts? Thanks ahead of time for this vast collection of nautical knowhow. I learn something each time I visit the board.

Bob Grabham
CD36, #140
Hunky Dory
Topping, Virginia (Rappahannock River)



grabhamb@chesterfield.gov

[Gary L.]

Here's an easy question for all of you CD'ers who have a staysail. What is the proper method for attaching the tack of the staysail to the inner stay? How do you hold the tack at an appropriate level for the foot of the sail to approximate the same angle as the boom? When I purchased our CD36 the staysail was tied to the inner forestay with a length of line. I can't believe that this is the proper method. Any thoughts? Thanks ahead of time for this vast collection of nautical knowhow. I learn something each time I visit the board.

Bob Grabham

CD36, #140
Hunky Dory
Topping, Virginia (Rappahannock River)

Bob,

I bent on the sails for the first time on my CD30, which is also my first experience with a cutter rig. Fortunately, my boat had a snap shackle like I had for the jib on my CD26.

Gary Lapine
Red Witch III
CD30B
Somerset, MA



dory26@attbi.com

[len]

bob

my staysail has a short piece of strong webbing attached to the tack, there is a loop at the end and a snap shackle attached to the deck at the attachment point of the forestay - an older staysail has a short piece of wire rope permanently attached to the tack, it has a loop at the end with a thimble - temporarily you could do the same thing with a short length of line, but i think you would like to have a sail loft put on a permanent fitting -

len



md.frel@nwh.org

[Chris Reinke - CD330]

Bob - My original staysail has the same cable lead mentioned previously. It has a thimble at each end with a shackle on the tack and a snap shackle on the end of the lead. I have utilized a small section of line to extend this lead when I am sailing solo in congested areas to enhance my forward visibility with no noticeable effect on the sailing characteristics.

Here's an easy question for all of you CD'ers who have a staysail. What is the proper method for attaching the tack of the staysail to the inner stay? How do you hold the tack at an appropriate level for the foot of the sail to approximate the same angle as the boom? When I purchased our CD36 the staysail was tied to the inner forestay with a length of line. I can't believe that this is the proper method. Any thoughts? Thanks ahead of time for this vast collection of nautical knowhow. I learn something each time I visit the board.

Bob Grabham
CD36, #140
Hunky Dory
Topping, Virginia (Rappahannock River)

[Steve Alarcon]

As all have indicated, a "pendant" is used to attach the tack to the deck, whilst allowing the foot to be high enough to clear the boom and pedestal. The other important aspect I didn't see mentioned is rigging a "jack line" from the tack to about 4 feet up the luff (this jack line carries the tension of the halyard for the duration of its length), then hanking the sail to the jack line. This allows you to lower the sail without having to loosen the outhaul.

Steve Alarcon
CD36 Tenacity
Seattle



alarcon3@prodigy.net