Boat Design Forums  |  Boat Design Directory  |  Boat Design Gallery  |  Boat Design Book Store  |  Thanks to Our Site Sponsors

Go Back   Boat Design Forums > Design > Multihulls
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 10-31-2009, 03:47 PM
edvb edvb is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Rep: 34 Posts: 37
Location: Oshkosh,WI
Installing Fore and Side stays on Raptor Need Help

I have been sailing my Raptor for a few years and have everything working well.
The last improvement is to add a Forestay and Side stays to my mast that I will use when the sail is fully unfurled.
My carbon mast is 228” long and the distance from the eyestrap hound to the top of the roller furling drum is 152.5”
The eyestraps for the side stays are 18” back from the mast and the combined angle has them 32” away from mast.This give me about a 11.8 degree angle at the 152.5” hound height.
The Forestay eyestrap is 56” away from the mast giving me a 20 degree angle.
The mast is raked back about 3 degrees.
In order for this to work I need to make three stays about 145” with eyesplices and thimble on each end.
These will be attached to the mast hound and when not in use will be secured just above the roller furling drum with some bungee cord and clips to hold the stays tight to the mast.
I will be able to roller furl and reef the sail the same way I am doing it now.
I also will be able to remove the furled mast quickly for traveling as the stays are furled with the sail.
These three stays will be made from 1/8” 12 strand vectran with welded S/S thimbles.
I planned to use three Ronstan RF6000 Bronze Snap Shackle, Size 0 with a 790 Lbs working load to connect to the three stays using some 3/16 – ¼ Crystalyne line.
For each side stay the Crystalyne line would go through a 29mm Harken Carbo block and then to a Spinlock PXR Single Aluminum cleat mounted about 6” from the block.
For the forestay the Crystalyne line would go through a 29mm Harken Carbo block and then to a Harken Micro cleat I already had installed.
This way when I want to use the stays I just unfurl the sail fully.
Unclip each stay from the bungee and clip the snap shackle to each stay.
When all three are done snug and cleat all three lines to the proper tension needed.
When going straight downwind release tension on the leeward shroud so the boom can go the full 90 degrees out.
When reefing or removing mast just head into the wind release tension on all the stays unclip stays from Crystalyne shackle line and clip shackle to spare eyestraps that will be installed.
Clip all three Stays to bungee clips on mast.
Snug Crystalyne shackle line and cleat.
Your done.
The sail is 94 SQ Feet in size. Any help on the loads, line size, cleating method and sail shape would help.
What do you think?
Thanks for any help on this

The sidestay cleats would be mounted 6" inboard from the Carbo blocks shown


The Forestay is cleated on the farthest port cleat that was used for my foil uphaul before.


Mast eye-strap hound


The Stays are attached 2/3 up the mast where the top batten meets the mast.
Reply With Quote
Reply



Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Fore to aft rocker.Why is it needed? ben2go Boat Design 23 04-21-2011 10:51 AM
Offer: true go anywhere Trawler to build "side by side" apex1 Metal Boat Building 231 12-14-2010 11:40 PM
one side plywood, one side fiberglass/epoxy, polystyrene core? murv Materials 4 05-18-2007 08:06 PM
Grounding stays and mast? mariner 40 Sailboats 2 06-12-2006 01:58 AM
canting keels: how are they displaced from side to side? Thaddeus Boat Design 5 10-02-2005 05:22 PM


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:49 AM.


Powered by: vBulletin Copyright ©2000 - 2012, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Web Site Design and Content Copyright ©1999 - 2012 Boat Design Net