"Is your forestay pinning directly to the pole or will you have bridles?"
Neither. It will attach directly to the understay via a piece i am machining. The piece will pass through the center of the pole vertically. pics to follow.
Ok, so instead of letting angled bridles carry the forestay (and translate that into inward and upward forces on the hulls), you are dropping it to this structure under the pole and carrying the majority of that forestay load with what is essentially a truss style lever arm supported between the two beams. I understand and that makes sense.
