Originally posted by B Johansson:
Letting out the headstay 3/4" would increase the pre bend in the lower section.
It seems your backstay is too short and holding back the tip of the mast - On FW we had to add a 3" toggle to get enough slack - we always keep the sag in the backstay 3-4" and very rarely tension it below 15 knots.
With that much sag in the backstay don't you have trouble with the top main batten foully on the backstay? I all ready have that problem in light air. I'll have to measure the backstay when I winterize, but it seem a lot of the bend was in the top 1/3 of the mast. Easing the headstay reduced that bend.
