Wouter,

This is what I was wondering...why is the strut necessary on the Tornado even with the jib luff below the bridle & down to the pole? The mid point of the pole cannot move upwards and side to side appreciably because of the vectran stays attached there and down to the bridle tangs on the inner gunwales. What does this strut get you other than redundancy? Is the concern the midpole will bend upwards when loaded by the jib luff tension...because of the very slight stretch of the vectran stays? Or, is the angle from the pole to the bridle tangs not sufficient to handle the loading?

Mike.