Next message: Bryan Genez: "[world-cruising] Slutter rig"
See this month's Cruising World, p. 55, for a detailed article by Brion
Toss about modifying a sloop rig into a cutter rig ("Turning Your Sloop
into a Cutter"). It's a non-trivial project in terms of both work and
expense. And as Bryan points out below, you still end up with the mast
stepped a little bit farther forward than it would be with a boat designed
and originally built as a cutter.
I was interested to see somewhere once upon a time that although quite a
few Passport 40s have successfully had inner forestays added, Bob Perry has
explicitly said that he does not care for that modification.
Phil Sherwood
Cynosure (P40 #129)
lying Puerto Vallarta
At 07:00 AM 6/25/04, you wrote:
>Courtney Thomas wrote:
>
> > My boat has only a jib in the foretriangle and I'd like to rig up an
> > inner forestay for additional mast support, primarily, but also while
> > I'm at it would like to create the option of an additional head sail
> > that would perform satisfactorily.
> >
> > What are the recommendations and criteria in satisfying these
> > parameters, please ?
>
>I'm not sure anything you do will "perform satisfactorily". Cutters are not
>just sloops with two headsails. Typically, a cutter has a smaller main, the
>mast is stepped further aft than a sloop, and the location of the inner
>forestay is planned from the start.
>
>The biggest issue you will face is the deck attachment point for your inner
>forestay. That attachment gets very heavily loaded, so it must be strongly
>reinforced. Typically, the attachments are a chain plate that's bolted to
>an interior bulkhead that's bonded to the hull. Alternatively, you can lead
>rigging from the underside of the deck attachment directly to the hull.
>
>After that problem is resolved, the rest is pretty cut and dried. You'll
>have to have a mast attachment welded for the inner forestay. You probably
>will want to reinforce the mast attachment with running backstays, as your
>mast is not designed to take the inner forestay loads now. Then you'll set
>up blocks for halyard and sheet rigging. You may want a quick-disconnect at
>the deck level to get the inner forestay out of the way when you're not
>using it. You may want dedicated winches for the staysail sheets.
>
>Not a "simple" job, IMO.
>
>--
>Best,
>
>Bryan Genez (KB3HMZ)
>"Capella" Valiant 40 #158
>Annapolis, MD
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