Wade,
Once we went to In-Line shrouds as opposed to double lowers, the baby stay was
introduced to tension the mast forward . . .
With experience, most boats were able to eliminate the use of the baby stay if
you had even a small amount of pre-bend aft. We couldn’t rely on you setting
the ma
Hi Rob,
are you speaking specifically of C&C 34's in this comment? My boat is a 33
MKII and I wonder if I might be able to do without my baby stay? I am 80%
cruiser, 20% racer on Lake of the Woods in Ontario so big seas are not
something I have to deal with. What would I sacrifice without the
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To: cenel...@aol.com ; cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: Rob Ball
Sent: Thu, Nov 8, 2018 8:29 am
Subject: Stus-List Baby stay (bs) bs
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We supplied the boats with Baby Stays, knowing that the mast could be tuned
with a bit of bend so that it was not needed. However, when the boat was brand
new, on the first sail, and not tuned yet, things could go south. So, we kept
them on the boats.
In a violent seaway they do stabilize a pu
My 1995 XL/kcb was originally fit with baby stays, which as others have noted
are generally a big PITA. However, since they ‘came as standard’ on my boat,
who was I to think that they were not essential—I am hardly a naval
architect/engineer or otherwise qualified to question their necessity.
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