Yes, anytime you sheet the main in tight, the jib halyard and the shroud wires are loaded. I am now running an Aussie Halyard.



The main thing I look for is that the forestay does not take the load. When it starts to take the load, the leading edge of the jib will sag off, cupping the jib; the result of this is that you cannot point very high and it tends to make your boat more tippy. It is like holding your hand out of the window of you car; hold it verticle with very little angle to the wind and you will not have a lot of forces on it, but cup you hand and turn the leading edge off the wind, and you will feel tremendous forces wanting to through your hand back.



David