Triatic Stay

[Bruadar]

Formosa 51 with springstay just above mizzen spreaders -



Formosa 51 with springstay at the top of the mizzen (also has staysail rigging and boom removed) -



Hope this helps,

Dan Pitman

[Brian Duff]

the answer is that as long as your main is stayed properly with its own backstays, the springstay can go masthead with no problems on that rig.

good luck....

[Bruadar]

Brian,

Thank you for the information. I hope to bring my vessel to your shop for a rigging review/consultation sometime within the next year.

v/r,

Dan

[gsindel]

hi everyone
I bought a CT 54 and got different question.
I just riggt a new forstay and try to put more tension on the forstay because my woodenmast have a back bend in the top quater even when the back and forstay is slack. Im not sure if it is desingned like this or just get like this after 35years of wrong rigg thightening. Aswell I have a very thick (proberly 3/4 inch!) wire triatic stay wich is fitted on the top of the mizzen with a turnbuckel at the mizzen end. To loosen that i nearly have to stand on the boatswainstuhl, so i dident do it yet, i dont work in the circus . After thightend the forstay I got a lot of vibration in the mizzen when winds go up to 20knt. Aswell I dont have a "spreader" (I dont no the exact word for it) in the bobstay what causes a small lift in the bowsprit. Im aswell thinking of installing a boom on the staysail.
O here some question:

1. does somebody got a drawing sailplan for the ct54 to see the origanall rigginplan?

2. How thik a wire triatic stay have to be?

3. How thight a triatic stay has to be? Vibration?

3. Do I need a bobstay "spreader", when yes, what is the angel between bobstay and forstay?

4. Does somebody have a link or tipps to install a boom for the inner staysail?


thx

[Brian Duff]

Where do you keep this boat ?

Pick up a copy of 'The Riggers Apprentice' by Brion Toss, as answers to all those questions are in there, I believe.

Also maybe a visit to the Formosa Owners Assoc. will help, the boats are rigged similar, and all have slight variations.

www.force50.org

[gsindel]

hello brian
Thats the problem, the boat is working in Tonga. The next rigger or supply store is 1200miles from here. Everthing I have to do by myself and everything has to be orderd oversea.
I will pick up a copy of the brian toss book and will work from there. So thx aswell for the link and if a rigger ever thinking of coming to tonga be my guest.
yves

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