9 stays also allow for this:

I had a pin come out and one of forward stays while sailing in moderate 
winds last year.  My sailing companion went on a tack which took the stress 
off that side.  I grabbed another pin, put it in, retightened it and we 
sailed for a few more hours.

Mark Olson
Nyack New York
s/v Satchmo - 1983

-----Original Message----- 
From: Peter Nyberg
Sent: Monday, September 3, 2018 5:51 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] highest comfortable wind speed

Thanks for the reminders Stan.

I can personally attest to Stan’s point about the 9 stays allowing the mast 
to remain vertical even in the event of a jib stay failure.  In my case, 
conditions were fairly moderate, and I reefed the IMF main as quickly as I 
could manage, and motored back to the marina, so I didn’t push things too 
hard.  But obviously, if the mast had come down, and inconvenience would 
have turned into a catastrophe.

Here’s to a catastrophe avoided!

Peter Nyberg
Coventry, CT
s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)


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