Hornet05 - glad you were not upset by my comments. Just trying to help. The sidestay's lines are cotton. Get rid of them and if you can use plastic coated wire trace (fishing tackle store) with screw turnbuckles for tightening. Also called "rigging screws". Buy from hobby shop. Should be two lines per side supporting mast. If you don't know what I mean I could post photos.

Also highly recommend - get rid of all your cotton lines and buy some "braided dacron ~24kg" also from fishing tackle shop. Dacron wont break or stretch. An idea is, after you tie a triple reef knot, add a dab of CA glue to hold the knot. With these Chinese boats you definitely need to make modifications to get them to sail. Fixing the rigging is the first step. It's also the easiest to get an amazing improvement in boat's performance. And when you have decent lines/sheets, you can start on doing the tuning I suggested in my first post. i.e. weather / lee helm.

Good sailing and let me know if you want detailed pics posted.

Larry L.