Yankee 30 Message Board

Posted by Steve on 11/18/2004, 7:18 am, in reply to "Re: Test Sail?"
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I have not personally used this stay in that fashion, but others have flown staysails. If you look at the photo of Independence on the cover of the Yankee 30 brochure you'll see one example under sail. Ione, which was modified based on a recommendation from Sparkman & Stephens, the designer, has the baby stay relocated to the area forward of the hatch. As I recall Ione also has running backstays. These modifications were done prior to Ione sailing throughout the South Pacific for a number of years by a prior owner. All of the S&S 30s built in Australia also have this stay forward of the hatch. --Previous Message-- : Is there another Yankee site that generates : email? Not much traffic here. Anyway, I : wanted to thank Val for letting me crawl : around and in Snow Bird. A very nice boat! : Anyway, something I noticed on Snow Bird, and : now that I look closer, on most Y30's, is : what appears to be a baby stay just forward : of the mast. Although it probably wasn't : intended to be used for a staysail, as in a : cutter rig, it looks like it could be. : Has anyone set a small storm staysail on this : stay? If so, how did it work? : Howard : :