Twin Backstay installation

On 29 January 2017 Nicolas got up the mast and drilled a 30mm diameter whole to fit in the new axel from Southern Spars. A centering 15mm axel was fitted in place of the main halyard hook system. This served as a guide for the bell drill.  The hook cassette did not move.

The installation went smoothly, here is the purchase system at deck level:

The purchase is 4 as per the single backstay system, the same winches are also used.

We did not add outer attachment points, the 20mm carbon thick stern deemed strong enough to take the load. This simplified a lot the installation. We tested the twin backstays during the next Wednesday sail and all was good, the handling is a bit more work but the backstays do not need to be realeased a lot.

Here is the link to Nicolas Rossier's Rigging Work Shop:
www.sui4616.ch

This was a difficult installation which went very well without taking the mast down.