Identify babystay fitting

[MartinR]

This is the lower fitting for a babystay. Can anyone identify this fitting and explain to me what it does.



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[Shrew]

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Originally Posted by MartinR

This is the lower fitting for a babystay. Can anyone identify this fitting and explain to me what it does.

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To me that looks more like the base of a gooseneck for a jib boom than an actual chain plate. Is there a wire or stay below deck to transfer loads to the hull?

[MartinR]

Yes, there is a canted bulkhead (tilted aft in line with the stay) and chainplates to support this, so this is definitely not a gooseneck, albeit I must agree, it looks like one.

[Sailmonkey]

Originally Posted by MartinR

Yes, there is a canted bulkhead (tilted aft in line with the stay) and chainplates to support this, so this is definitely not a gooseneck, albeit I must agree, it looks like one.

I would also say it looks like an attachment for a jib boom. I'm not sure how having a bulkhead beneath it disqualifies it from being for a gooseneck attachment.

[MartinR]

The unit is bolted to plates in the bulkhead , and definitely designed to take vertical loads. And it has been used on this boat like this for many years, as I can see from old pictures. A gooseneck would never be designed to stand the vertical loads. And I would expect a gooseneck to be vertical and the eye for the boom not to be rounded. The staysail has a self-tacking track anyhow, so there is no need for a boom.