by Dennis » Wed Mar 23, 2016 6:31 pm
[quote="Richard Walker"I have looked at the pictures of Mary Ann but don't understand how you tension the water stay after lifting it out of the way such that that you can leave the genoa in place.[/quote]
Hello Richard
The bobstay is both raised and tensioned in the photographs. The Dyneema line which is attached to the bobstay (which is chain on Mary Ann) takes the strain, it passes through a bullet fairlead attached to the side if the bowsprit.
I release the tension on the genoa halyard before raising the bobstay, I tension and make fast the Dyneema line using a snapshackle onto the bowsprit pivot bolt, re-tension the bobstay, and finally re-tension the genoa halyard.
When the halyard is re-tensioned the bowsprit lifts slightly until the load is taken up by the vertical portion of the bobstay and the Dyneema line. I only put sufficient tension in the halyard as is necessary to keep the genoa comfortably in place.
Cheers
Dennis
CC19 #100 Mary Ann