p.gazibara
Member III
Hey all,
I will be pulling my mast in the coming months and I am curious of how other deal with storm sails, more importantly do I need to add a second track on my mast.
When I bought Cinderella she came with a storm jib and a storm trysail. I have used the storm jib in some winds too big for 100% jib last winter (not quite sure the exact speed the meter doesn't work). I have hoisted the trysail once, just for practice out on the Sound, but I have never needed anything more than my 2nd reef as of yet. What I have learned is that it is a PITA! It's manageable with two of us, assuming we have the storm jib flying and the boat is under control.
After reading Lin and Larry, Hal Ross, and Beth Leonard they all recommend a separate storm trysail track for long term cruising, and I can completely understand why.
Has anyone fitted their boat with one? If so, how did you go about it? how high up the mast do you fly the sail? I noticed that If I attach the trysail to the same place the main foot is attached to, the sail doesn't clear the dodger or the boom.
I imagine if conditions were really that bad, I would have folded up the dodger, but I can't say that that is 100% going to be the case.
Any info you guys have would be great, thanks!
I will be pulling my mast in the coming months and I am curious of how other deal with storm sails, more importantly do I need to add a second track on my mast.
When I bought Cinderella she came with a storm jib and a storm trysail. I have used the storm jib in some winds too big for 100% jib last winter (not quite sure the exact speed the meter doesn't work). I have hoisted the trysail once, just for practice out on the Sound, but I have never needed anything more than my 2nd reef as of yet. What I have learned is that it is a PITA! It's manageable with two of us, assuming we have the storm jib flying and the boat is under control.
After reading Lin and Larry, Hal Ross, and Beth Leonard they all recommend a separate storm trysail track for long term cruising, and I can completely understand why.
Has anyone fitted their boat with one? If so, how did you go about it? how high up the mast do you fly the sail? I noticed that If I attach the trysail to the same place the main foot is attached to, the sail doesn't clear the dodger or the boom.
I imagine if conditions were really that bad, I would have folded up the dodger, but I can't say that that is 100% going to be the case.
Any info you guys have would be great, thanks!