Hi all

Went for a sail on a Sailmaster 845 yesterday similar to mine that a gent down here has just purchased and it has a baby stay (mine has not got one)

It has a quick release fitting on the deck and didn't have a great deal of tension on it

Going about was slow because the head sail kept getting caught on the baby stay and i was tempted to unclip it from the deck and clip it to a pad eye at the base of the mast but i was not 100 % sure that i was not needed

It was only blowing 10-15 knots with the occasional stronger gust and the mast is a fairly solid section and we were only using head sail and mainsail

Any thoughts would be appreciated

Regards Don