Josh, You may have fun with this? When you tighten the backstay to tighten the headstay, you should see the mast bend and the middle of the mast will move forward flattening the main. In light and moderate winds, we use the runners to pull the middle of the mast straight and the main bellys out and we surge ahead. On a reach or sailing downwind the speed increase of .5 to 1 knot can be felt by the crew. I mark the runner tail where it meets the winch so I can repeat the setting easily. Sailing upwind I have them on but need the main flatter cause the genoa is sheeted inboard and backwinding the main.
Truth be told, I've also raced many times in light winds w the runners bungied to the chainplates. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Muckley via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: "C&C List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: "Josh Muckley" <muckl...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2015 4:13:00 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List Running Back Stays I don't race my 37+ so take this with a grain of salt but my check stays just seem to just get in the way. I still set them but they don't really seem to do much. I've watched for pumping but it never seems to be a problem. Weird thing is I kinda like having them. Sorta like my pinky toes, I don't know what they do, if anything, but I still like having them and chose not to remove them. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 10:21 PM, scott gary via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: Hi All, Looking at a 37/40XL and I know they have running back stays, anyone who has them, are they a pain in the neck, or do you not use them all the time. I am not planning on doing much racing, mostly cruising. I've heard of people on other types of boats just removing them all together. Thanks, Scott C&C 35/3 _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com -- When security matters. http://www.secure-my-email.com _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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