Dear Key,
I believe a cutter to have a stay farther aft than the solent stay. The solent stay will carry a larger jibsail and is not intended to be used while a jib top or yankee is flown off the headstay. I have seen them set up quite far forward and very close to the masthead something like a 15/16th fractional rig placement. In most cases the solent stay is not parallel to the head stay. In that case running backstays would not be required.
All that said, a Flicker is a 20 something foot boat and all this extra rigging may get in the way.
Sam
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