You remind me of a wonderful boat I used to run, Matt. She was a 52’ hot molded mahogany ketch called Stormy. A wonderful beautiful fast yacht, but not terribly stiff. We used to say that the last 1000 pounds of backstay was just the stern getting closer to the masthead! Andy Masquerade
Andrew Burton 26 Beacon Hill Newport, RI USA 02840 www.burtonsailing.com http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 > On Jun 12, 2020, at 17:05, Matt Wolford via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > I always assumed the reading is psi. While I am aware that some skippers > don’t mind bending their boat in half, I tend to max out at 2500, which is > where I start becoming uncomfortable. > > There was a local Erie sailor years ago that couldn’t just sail the boats he > owned – he loved to mess with them. One of his boats was a Cal 40, which he > turned into a Cal 39. In addition to cutting off the back of the boat, he > installed aluminum ribs so he could crank up the backstay without breaking > the boat. Personally, I’d rather lose a race than break my boat. > > Bill, I don’t know if you remember Masker II (later Buttercup), but Bob Way > was legendary. Ah, the good old days. > > From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> On Behalf Of Bill Coleman via > CnC-List > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2020 3:55 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Bill Coleman <colt...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Back stay tension clarification > > I think this is getting confusing, some numbers in this discussion are pounds > per square inch hydraulic pressure, rather than say, 2,000 pounds of hanging > load. I would certainly not have wanted to put 4,000# of actual load on my > 39’s backstay. Imagine a 2’ X 2’ X 7’ concrete pier block hanging on that. > > Bill Coleman > Erie PA > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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