I'm still curious how much pointing ability you gain with a backstay adjuster (to tension the forestay) along with cranking down the tension on the jib halyard? This assumes you also have the mast rake dialed in to give you a bit of weather helm and sheet angles right and sails set to get all the telltales flying the way they should be. I ask as while I can tack to about 60 degrees to the apparent wind (measured on the masthead wind direction arrow set to a 60 degree angle), I've never been able to tack through 90 degrees actual. GPS tracking tells the tale. Always seems to be a bit of leeway. On Jul 9, 2011, at 9:37 AM, Joe Murphy wrote:
I've heard a couple of comments regarding the use of a backstay adjuster that squeezes the split stays. Is there some reason not to do this. I have an adjuster on my M17 that is a simple 3 purchase pulley and a cam cleat that works very well but I'm curious why squeezing the split stays is taboo for some. Just curious. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary M Hyde To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 11:39 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: M17 backstay
Thanks, Tom. ~~~_/)~~~ Gary ☺