Dux rigging and Forestay Tesnsion

[Brion Toss]

Hi Brian,
I think you are begging the question here. As I understand it, creep only occurs when the relative load is more than 20% of break strength. Therefore it is important to size any consistently loaded stay so that it never sees 20% of break. Undersize forestays will creep.
Forestays are one of our frequent Dynex pieces, because their ease of stowage is really compelling to owners. In my experience, once you get rid of constructional stretch -- which does take some effort -- you can put a good tune on and not get creep. Because the relative strength is so high, you can tune to lower relative loads than with wire.
So how is the South?
Fair leads,
Brion