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A yachty mate of mine said to me last year..."I realize it's been well-designed, but I'm just not comfortable putting my trust in an unstayed aluminium spar"....

 

The next day he boarded an Air New Zealand flight to Wellington... :wink:

 

It's been a long time since they put wires on planes.

 

The cool thing about an unstayed cat-ketch or cat-schooner (?!) is that conceivably you can heave to, which you can't do on mine.

 

I don't get the bowsprit or the the staysail between masts though in this design...as I understand it you either go unstayed or you don't...you can't have "some" stays...

 

This has all been done of course, in the Wiggers-built Nonsuch 40:

 

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I believe the masts and wishbone booms are carbon-fiber.

 

John

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IMK - those are free flying sails - no stays.

 

IT , we were in SF when that boat was launched, got a lot of press in Lat 38, I believe they have sailed lots and lots of miles since.

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I liked this bit from the interview with RM

 

What do you feel is wrong with design today? What do you see as negative trends?

 

The concept that a cruising boat should have a detuned replica of a race boat’s high aspect sloop rig. This rig is essentially designed for speed upwind. As soon as the wind comes aft it is inefficient without the addition of hard-to-fly sails.

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