Rerigging from sloop to cutter

[sailstar24]

I have a bristol 24 that was converted to a cutter rig in 1977 and was sailed from lake michigan to florida and she handled very well. She is the only one that I have seen rigged that way, does anyone have any pics or info on any cutter rigged bristol24?

[johnshasteen]

Adding a staysail to a sloop doesn't actually make it a cutter, it makes it a double headsail sloop. I've had several sloops and cutters over the last 50-years and on the cutters the mast is set further back on the boat.On cutters 30-feet and under the mast comes down into the main salon, where on sloops it is generally just forward of the head bulkhead.
Your Bristol will sail better if you dump the staysail rig and stay with the sloop configuration the boat was designed to be.

[sailingdog]

The inner forestay may have been added to carry a storm jib. This is often done on sloop-rigged boats to bring the center of effort of the storm jib further aft and closer to the center of lateral resistance.