A year ago I bought a 1980 E 38 sloop that a previous owner had added a fitting on the bow about 4 feet back from the forestay to add a second stay to make the rig a cutter. He also built a beautiful curved track forward of the dordade boxes ahead of the mast for a self tending stay sail. I'm considering now to add the forestay with running backstays with a furling staysail to make it a cutter rig. Have any other E-38 owners done this and if so did the boat balance out successfully as the mast is not positioned for a cutter rig. I mainly want to do this for heavy weather conditions so that I can furl the jib and have a flatter cut staysail for pointing.