The length of the headstay is adjusted to correct sailing characteristics of the boat. Generally at a rig tune this is not adjusted. A sail tune is required to dertermine if the headstay length is right.
The staysail adjusts the bend of the rig, not the rake, so that matters too, requires sailing to determine correct setting.
does that help?
tension of forestay is set by backstay, IFS by runners
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Brian Duff
BVI Yacht Sales, Tortola
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