If the boat comes with an adjustable backstay, check the user manual for trimming and adjustment tips. A San Francisco racer told me the most critical often-forgotten part is to ease the halyard (or Cunningham), and boom vang before you straighten the mast again. Otherwise, you could tear the sail.
That's a good question. I would think a full height forestay would prevent the mast from bending the same way as a fractional, so I'd guess the answer is no.
This definitely applies to fractional rigs. Does this apply to full rig as well?
If the boat comes with an adjustable backstay, check the user manual for trimming and adjustment tips. A San Francisco racer told me the most critical often-forgotten part is to ease the halyard (or Cunningham), and boom vang before you straighten the mast again. Otherwise, you could tear the sail.
That's a good question. I would think a full height forestay would prevent the mast from bending the same way as a fractional, so I'd guess the answer is no.
It will not bend, but it will move back so the leach is looser and will spill more without twist.
@@mrwrapper So it does still have effect, but less than for fractional rigs, right?
Here is a good article with photos on a boat with a masthead rig using an adjustable backstay: sailingskiron.com/2020/06/29/the-adjustable-backstay/