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Standing & Running Rigging and Fitting/Tuning / What is a Fresh Water Stay anyway?

« on: September 26, 2022, 10:47:24 AM »

Hey there,

So one of the first things we're working on aboard our Countess is a complete re-rig, 58 year old rigging is a little beyond my comfort zone.

Currently I'm in the process of researching all of the parts needed but the manual references a piece of rigging that I've never heard of:  "Fresh Water Stay"

My best guess is that this may be a reference to a triatic which doesn't appear to be otherwise noted in the list? 

What do you all think/know about the mystery stay?

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New Member Introductions / New Countess 44 Owner

« on: September 26, 2022, 09:53:29 AM »

Greetings all!

My partner and I recently purchased a Countess 44 and intend to circumnavigate with her.  She's in really good shape structurally but critically outdated in pretty much every other aspect.  Our particular Countess was built in 1965 and nearly all electronic/mechanical systems date from 65-72, so she's due for some serious updating.

It seems as though there is relatively little information available for the Countess online so my primary goal of being on the forum is to help flesh out details (hopefully with the help of other Countess owners) so that there is finally a resource available for these beautiful boats.  Our Countess came with loads of original paperwork and I'll be scanning those and hopefully start making those available online (Where to host this information is still unknown.).  If any others out there are interested, I'd love to help out in any way I can.

Otherwise, I'm sitting on a pile of questions to ask so my apologies in advance!

-Dana