Keep them out of your way and if you are on the helm keep them out of your crews way as much as possible. Cruising/club handicap racing boats should not have them. Big mistake C&C design tem
On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 1:42 PM Charlie Nelson via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hello all; > > My C&C 36 XL/kcb was delivered with the runners/check-stays run to the aft > rail just about the location of the original headsail winches. They are > rigged with a 4:1 purchase and are released/tightened depending on what > tack we are on. Downwind they are unshackled and pulled forward. > > I removed the baby stay and its purchase/track to save wear and tear on > the headsail during tacks so my boat is slightly modified from its factory > settings. I do have and use a hydraulic backstay adjuster and always race > with a roller furling headsail. > > I just had all the standing rigging replaced after 27 years of mostly PHRF > racing in the lighter airs of the Pamlico Sound/Neuse River in NC. With a > PHRF rating of 120 I am usually competitive with the fleet against similar > sized boats sailed reasonably well--which I manage to do most of the time. > > My question for this group, especially those with runners/check-stays > rigged, is two fold: > > 1. Given their aft location on the quarters, the angle they make with the > mast is mostly aft--I'd guess about 75 degrees from perpendicular to the > mast, or maybe 165 degrees off the bow. At that angle and purchase, they > certainly have a minor effect on pulling the mast to weather upwind, which > I understand is their main purpose (although they may also help prevent > mast pumping in serious chop). Question #1 is do I really need them as > currently set-up? > > 2. If the answer to question #1 is yes, my next question #2 is should I > move them forward so they have a better angle keeping the mast to windward > and perhaps increase their purchase? I know from these groups that some run > their runners/check-stays to winches to put some serious tension on them at > the expense of more trimming, etc. > > Before I do a sailing test with and without them, thoughts from the lists > are welcome. > > BTW, my mast is a relatively bendy Off-Shore spar--hardly a telephone > pole--so it can be bent with the hydraulic backstay adjuster. > > Thanks, > > Charlie Nelson > 1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb > Water Phantom > > > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
