Hi all. I'm very much a newbie both to sailing in general (did my 101, 103, 104 last year) and to Ericson boats. I recently purchased a '76 Ericson 23-2 centerboard. When purchased the mast was not up. I stepped the mast and got sails up and have taken it out twice now and seems to be performing well. However, I'm curious about the backstay. The manual indicates it was designed with a split backstay. Indeed, on my boat the backstay does split. however, there is only a single backstay attachment on the transom. It is located starboard of midline, but certainly more midline than it would be if it was a true split backstay attachment. The actual stay is split with one line going to this attachement, the other is much shorter and really isn't long enough to reach the transom at all even if there were a place to attach it.
Curious if anyone has seen this setup? Seems like slight asymmetric aft tension on the mast? Not sure if I need to have this re-rigged or if it's ok as is? Seems to sail fine, though I'm not exactly pushing the boat to its capacity at this point.
I've attached a photo
Thanks for any thoughts.
Curious if anyone has seen this setup? Seems like slight asymmetric aft tension on the mast? Not sure if I need to have this re-rigged or if it's ok as is? Seems to sail fine, though I'm not exactly pushing the boat to its capacity at this point.
I've attached a photo
Thanks for any thoughts.
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