Remember there is a down side of upsizing the forestay, you have to up in tension to stop shock loading. Everything else is now under more stress. Forestay s don’t break from tension, they fatigue or corrode
Do you want the forestay or furler line measurement? I think the latter. You will need to do this one “ custom” for your boat if you have the Genoa. It’s a very close fit to get a few wraps left on the furler line and not overfill the cup on a FF2. One solution is to Decore five wraps to make lots o...
I’ll never forget shooting out on Lake Ontario under perfect beam reach conditions, eating pizza and wine, then wondering why that tanker was so close to shore we could see his red and green.
Hmmm. 2 hours at 7 knots, we were halfway to Toronto in the middle of a shipping channel.