Tandem Fore Sails...

[JohnRPollard]

Originally Posted by Faster

Agreeing with SF once again here.... No reason for that "spare" stay to be left hanging.. if in fact that's what it is....

Following up on Faster's comment, "if in fact that's what it is". Are you certain that this is the old headstay? How is it "clipped" to the base of the mast? Is there a shackle, or ????

Many boats of that era had wire halyards that might be mistaken for standing rigging. Could this possibly be a spare halyard?

If in fact it's the old headstay -- I would just remove it. I don't see much benefit to keeping it unless it's part of a system to raise/lower the mast.

[Faster]

With you there, JRP, could well be a spare halyard. Can't imagine why (or how) you could have two forestays connected on such a rig.

[MikeMoss]

I would not bother with it. That old forestay might make noise or get tangled somehow. Maybe you should take it down when that is easy to do.

We sailed a C&C 30 for years with two jibs but I had those old type roller furling headsails that have a wire in the luff and you can't reef them. So the small jib was behind the 160 for windy days.

[jgeissinger]

There is a forestay inside your CDI furler. That plastic thing is not holding the mast up. I agree that it is probably an old wire jib halyard. Many boats have 2 jib halyards, and wire to rope used to be common. Follow it and see where it goes.