Morning all, I am new to National 12 ownership, (indeed any dinghy ownership for quite a while) and I am about to start sailing my new National 12, Ill Wind on the Northeast coast
I put the mast up for the first time last weekend and noticed that I have a forestay and a Jib halyard, I have watched a couple of vids and noticed that there is no forestay shown, the Jib acts as a forestay while under sail, is this correct?
If this is the case, why is there a forestay at all, can't you just use the Jib Halyard as the stay while the boat is ashore ?
Any help would be much appreciated from this novice Nat 12 owner.
Kind regards
I put the mast up for the first time last weekend and noticed that I have a forestay and a Jib halyard, I have watched a couple of vids and noticed that there is no forestay shown, the Jib acts as a forestay while under sail, is this correct?
If this is the case, why is there a forestay at all, can't you just use the Jib Halyard as the stay while the boat is ashore ?
Any help would be much appreciated from this novice Nat 12 owner.
Kind regards
