Posted by Michel Capel (mike_c_f35ck@…>)
Tom,
I wonder how a boat behaves with a trysail so far forward as it
would be on a catketch. I think you are better off with a storm
staysail (simple storm jib) between the masts. This would give a
much more balanced rig so you could either sail to or off the wind.
With a trysail on the mainmast you can only sail off the wind, with
quite some speed, probably. You know how Freedoms are off the wind.
I heard from several Freedom caketch sailors (F33’s) who did
Atlantic crossings that a Freedom catketch can sail quite well under
bare poles. It will go off the wind, and it depends on the wave
direction if going off the wind (slowly) is feasible at that time.
good luck,
Michel
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “tom11995588”
<tvesey@n…> wrote:
I’m hoping to enter some ocean races that require storm trysail,
and am scratching my head
about how to go about it on my Freedom 44 cat ketch. The
traditional way would be to put a
separate track up the side of a mast for the storm sail…but
everybody is wary about drilling
in carbon masts… let alone the series of holes that would be
required for a strong extra track.So what to do? Has anybody out there in carbon mast/ cat-ketch
world done this?Any thoughts would be most appreciated.
Tom Vesey
Jackrabbit (Freedom 44)
Bermuda