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Hi,
And thanks for the update. I am glad that the halyard positioning seems to have done the trick, though if you are then subject to mast slap, you might try an aft-leading component of some sort.
The forestay issue is a separate item, most likely. Do you mean the inner stay, which most (aggravating) usage has as the stays'l stay? Or do you mean the jibstay, which goes to the masthead? If the latter, determining tension is a simple vector problem: you measure tension on the backstay, and correct for the relative angles of the two stays; nearly all backstays form a greater angle to the mast than the jibstay, so a given amount of tension on the backstay will result in greater tension on the jibstay. If you skipped too many trig classes to figure this out, I am available for consultation. Either way, the entire point is to arrive at a desired luff sag on the jib, which I can also help you with.
If you meant the inner stay, tension is provided by efficient runners (very rare) or aft-led intermediates (all too common, markedly ineffective), as well as by the mast stiffness. Slack on either stay is never a good thing.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss
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