You brought up a good question Christian, in short, it has been non-adjustable since we left Seattle (I didn’t trust the hydraulic cylinder enough to use it dry often)
Actually, sailing around the world is much more often to weather than you would think. 12 days of our 33 across the Pacific we were close hauled/close reaching. The perks of leaving from Costa Rica I guess.
Nearly the whole trip to NZ from Minerva reef was also a close reach.
Electric drives require you to sail more, an aspect I actually like.
I’m currently replacing our stern chainplate, and I’m going to split the backstay the last 6’ or so. Redundancy sounds good to me. After losing a shroud along the way, I don’t care to repeat the experience. (The backstay chainplate that got us to New Zealand is original 1971 Ericson).
When I split it, it will actually be more expensive to buy a new set of turnbuckles than it is to buy a couple of low friction rings and a short length of dyneema.
I also have an Express 34 noodle of a spar that welcomes adjustments and very easily changes main draft and forestay tension. And I like to play I guess.
In short, I don’t NEED to, but why not since I’m changing things anyway...
I’m just curious to hear if anyone put 24:1 system on an E-35. I actually had 2 navtec backstay units, both of which have failed on this trip and navtec is out of business (also why I went way from rod rigging)
Cinderella points just fine in a stiff wind and big sea, the question is if the crew on board can handle the pounding.