Dual Forstay

These are pictures of the dual forstay or headstay on our Bristol 27. Each headstay is attached to a side of the anchor roller. It has worked really well for us as you can quickly change jibs in variable wind conditions even if you don't have the money for a roller furler. You do loose some pointing ability with this set up but since this is a cruising boat we don't worry about that too much and being able to carry the jib in more conditions makes up for the loss of performance.

There are bungee cords on the pulpit so the jibs can be secured when it is down. This set up works best when you have double jib halyards.

Here you can see one jib on the starboard and the other jib rolled on deck on the left.

This photo shows the two jibs on deck with the anchor running through the roller in the middle.

Getting the bow roller modified by a welder in La Paz so we could use it for attaching the dual headstays.