A new poject, after the weather experienced en route to the Azores in 2022 I have decided to fit a storm trysail. Several times I had to stow the main sail and this should help improve my pointing angle which was 90 degrees off the wind in F8 when the sea state was significant. Having investigated several options for a luff fixing I have opted for a separate track. Using the existing main sail track was an option but the complications of changing sails on a single track in gale conditions put me off. A luff wire running parallel to the mast is also an option but appears to put quite a strain on the mast and gets in the way of the existing luff systems.
Having found a suitable sail on eBay and bought the hardware from Allen Brothers I will await a warm dry day, there must be one soon! Along with riveting the track I will use Sikaflex 252 and SA 205 primer to adhere the track to the mast.
