a thought..
Since this post is a few years old, might be a bit late, but...consider..
By the time you were to hit the calculated loading on the sail plan, you'd have shortened sail. On my Princess, I reef by 20 kts, and if going above 25 kts, strike the main altogether. We've been hit full sail by 45kt squalls with no ill effect, on the stock, 30+ yr old wire. When we replaced the standing rigging last spring, I did upsize the main uppers to 9/32 from the measured and spec'd 1/4". Didn't seem that larger would help, since the forestay is only 1/4" and couldn't make that any larger without replacing the furler. (I did opt for dyform for the forestay).
Just a thought...
Cary Stotland
s/v C-Lover
AP II #128
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