Gregoryulrich
Member III
A friend and I got caught out in the Santa Anna winds this past weekend. We were anchored in Paradise Cove and were caught completely by surprise on Sunday morning. The news reports were saying sustained 47 knots which jibes with the NOAA weather reports. It was a pretty dicey situation heading back to Marina Del Rey due to a few equipment failures and we were totally over canvassed with no option for additional reefing. We were doing 7 knots for a while with just a corner of the genoa out and no main but the lee helm was horrific and we had no hope of making the marina until the wind died down due to excessive leeway.
My main has only one reefing point but it is old and there's not much point to adding a second or third reef. I'm planning on a new main and genoa next year. The main will definitely have additional reefing points and will probably be battenless.
I'm thinking of adding an external track on the mast for trysail and a removable inner forestay for a storm staysail. How would I tie in the staysail deck connection? Would I add another stay from the underside of the the deck to the forepeak inside the vee berth?
My main has only one reefing point but it is old and there's not much point to adding a second or third reef. I'm planning on a new main and genoa next year. The main will definitely have additional reefing points and will probably be battenless.
I'm thinking of adding an external track on the mast for trysail and a removable inner forestay for a storm staysail. How would I tie in the staysail deck connection? Would I add another stay from the underside of the the deck to the forepeak inside the vee berth?