My 84 C&C 32 has a babystay at a single point of attachment...no track.
The babystay attaches to a SS plate with a loop on the foredeck....this
plate is then attached through the deck to a SS rod running from the
deck roof down to the hull in the very front of the V berth immediately
to the starboard of the V berth entrance.....it does not obstruct
passage in or out. Both the on deck bbstay and the rod below have a
turnbuckle to adjustment although I will admit I have never adjusted the
below deck one. I normally have approx 700 lbs of tension on it.
Given the size of the mast and type of sailing I do, I am of the opinion
I really don't need it. But since Rob Ball designed the boat for one,
I use it. There was an 84 C&C 32 at my club that took his babystay off
and he never had any issues going up and down the coast of Nova Scotia
If you are doing sailing in heavy weather and big seas where the mast
might be pumping a lot, the babystay would help to stabilize the rig but
otherwise do you really need it?
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - #277
Halifax, N.S.
On 2022-11-23 11:22 p.m., Macdara Vallely via CnC-List wrote:
So, I believe that my 82 C&C 32 had the option for a babystay. It's
listed in the brochure, and there is a fitting for what looks to be a
t-ball fitting just above the spreaders.
No deck fittings on my boat though.
Has anyone gone to the bother of installing the deck fitting? If so,
would you mind advising me on how you went about it?
Did you go for a fixed point, or track? Chainplate to bulkhead;
transfer the loads through deck to stringers below or beef up deck?
Also, how did you tension? How was it stowed?
I'm interested in installing the babystay to beef up the rig a
little. The rod-rigging is of indeterminate age, and while it has
been professionally inspected and passed muster, I am a belt
for braces guy and I was thinking the babystay might offer some
redundancy.
I appreciate all advice and speculation offered.
Thank you.
Macdara
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