Posted by Mike Field on December 09, 2004 at 12:08:28 from 203.166.84.203 user mikefield.
In Reply to: Re: jibbooms and bobstays posted by Charles on November 11, 2004 at 17:16:51:
Indeed it does. And not only that -- the bobstay tension supports (or is counteracted by) that in the forestay, which is balanced by that in the swifters / backstays, and sometimes by forestays, backstays, or triatic stays of other masts as well.
If you were to lose your bobstay it's quite on the cards that your vessel would be dismasted. Sad fate....