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    • February 3, 2016 at 6:00 pm #97918
      typhoontye
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      Well, I have no idea if this is going to work. I’ve attempted to attach three pics of my solent stay install. Someone please let me know if you got anything.

      My solent stay attaches at the top to a Wichard tang, about 28 inches from the mast top. It’s a two part tang, that is inserted one piece at a time into a slot cut in the mast, then riveted from the outside, through the mast, then through the fitting flanges, with 1/4″ stainless steel rivets. Pretty solid. To fail, it would have to pull out a 4″X4″ piece of the mast. Unlikely.

      The bottom of the stay attaches to the stem fitting, just aft of the furler (clears by about 3 inches). The stem fitting has been thoroughly reinforced with a bracket, basically a box section made of 1/4″ stainless, welded together, which ties the underside of the stem fitting to the stem itself. 3/8″ SS screws attach the fitting to the stem…through the chainplate on the outside, through the hull, and through the fabricated bracket. For the stay to fail at the bottom it would have to pull a major section of the bow off.

      I’ve deviated from past efforts by several forum members by placing the bottom of the stay very close to the existing forestay (about 8 inches aft). It seems like the biggest complaint with other efforts was that the sheeting angles were too wide for upwind sailing. I’m hopeful that by moving the tack of the solent forward to a position approximating the regular jib that I can use the same sheeting arrangement as the genoa and be able to effectively use the sail upwind. The solent stay runs about parallel to the existing forestay. It’ll be a while before I can try this out because I’m leaving the country for about a month and the sail is being made (250 sq ft, reefable to 150 sq ft).

      The solent stay easily stows to a stanchion base, about even with the mast (or slightly forward so I don’t damage the main spreaders). The genoa can then be used without interference.

      Hopefully the pics made it. It’s much simpler to understand if you can see the bracket and it’s installation.

      David Tye
      Blue Moon, #189

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      1. P1030488.jpg

    • February 7, 2016 at 1:48 am #100050
      serendipity 81
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      I could only see one pic. Thanks for the idea.

      Regards

      Chad Robinson

    • February 8, 2016 at 3:16 pm #104232
      typhoontye
      Participant

      Hello Chad,

      You’ve probably figured this out by now…but you can view all three pics on the previous Solent Stay post

      David

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