Backstay vs aftstay

[atrometer]

Just get a catboat, then you won't be so confused.

[Eagleye]

Do I dare?....oh, why not......

So.... Would my Eclipse be considered as having an aftless stay or a stayless aft?   Oh, I couldn't bear the thought of telling the "Madame" that she is backstayless!!   

-Allen

[brackish]

been traveling......just checked in here...it is obvious that way too many folks are snowed in with too much time on their hands.

[skip1930]

"What difference does it make !"  To quote the lady.

I like 'Astern'. That was the word used on the steam turbine ship's telegraph of the taconite freighter Ryerson.

skip.

[Michael]

I would avoid telling her anything like that - I would let her aft speak for itself.

Michael in Wonder

Do I dare?....oh, why not......

So.... Would my Eclipse be considered as having an aftless stay or a stayless aft?   Oh, I couldn't bear the thought of telling the "Madame" that she is backstayless!!   

-Allen

[Michael]

Okay capt_nemo, I am ready for some instruction on how they do work.

Michael,

I'm afraid that's NOT the way they work!

capt_nemo

[capt_nemo]

Michael,

Just "Google" it for all the information you want.

We folks down here in Sunny Florida have more important things to do like go sail'in and work on our boats.

capt_nemo

[Michael]

capt_nemo,

I wish I could be "sail'in" down there too.

Fair winds,

Michael in Wonder

Michael,

Just "Google" it for all the information you want.

We folks down here in Sunny Florida have more important things to do like go sail'in and work on our boats.

capt_nemo

[wroundey]

Ah, running backstays. I know them oh so well. My first experience sailing (at the age of 14) was with a group out of Toronto, ON called Toronto Brigantine. It was a two week camp, with week 1 learning the basics on a 37 ft cutter and 22 ft open lifeboats that had been rigged with a lugged sail. Week 2 was on a 60 ft two masted square rigger (technically a hermaphrodite brig). Due to the length of the main boom, we had to use running backstays to support the main mast. Check out the site for photos and fun - http://www.torontobrigantine.org/