philstar 53 Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 Hey team I'm looking for ideas on a try sail track on Sniper. Its an alloy mast with an internal track. Basically I don't want to put an ugly external track on the outside of the mast and have all the bulk and weight of the track on the mast. Ideas? Can we do a short track at the bottom of the mast which feeds into the internal track? Or another alternative might be a dynex strop which goes from the gooseneck up the mast and we hoist the trysail on this. I think Katana uses this. The rig is out of the boat until 21 september and I'm just looking for ideas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 780 Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 You can use a gate into the internal track above the height of the lowered main. I'll see if I can find I pic I have somewhere of this system.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philstar 53 Posted September 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 That sounds like what I'm after. a pic would be great Matt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bad Kitty 117 Posted September 10, 2019 Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 And the picture yourself in x conditions? 50 knots, 6 metre seas? trying to get the trysail in the track over the main? Not sure that's entirley practical, but I guess it depends a lot on what you conditions you think you may be sailing in? Although that's not always the same thing as the conditions you end up sailing in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 780 Posted September 10, 2019 Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 The idea is to have the trisail pre loaded on the feeder track, in a bag at the foot of the mast. Here is a pic of an external track gate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 780 Posted September 10, 2019 Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 I have seen a boat with a similar setup on an internal track, and the feeder gate went external to internal. May have been custom made though, it was a while back... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wild violet 31 Posted September 11, 2019 Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 Trysails are bloody near impossible to put up in crap weather solo,I ended up just putting a deep third reef in mainsail much easier to handle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 780 Posted September 11, 2019 Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 I don’t agree with that. Mine is in its own track, just needs a the sheets run and a halyard. It’s pretty easy. Oh, and I have a pin thru the track to hold it down so the sail can’t be washed up the track by a wave. Learned that by experience! It has a custom bag at the mast on deck, where it lives on passages. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bad Kitty 117 Posted September 12, 2019 Report Share Posted September 12, 2019 I don’t agree with that. Mine is in its own track, just needs a the sheets run and a halyard. It’s pretty easy. Oh, and I have a pin thru the track to hold it down so the sail can’t be washed up the track by a wave. Learned that by experience! It has a custom bag at the mast on deck, where it lives on passages. Yep that's what we've got. I'm just struggling with the idea of dealing with cock-ups with using the same track as the main, getting the main right down & then going in over the top etc. etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 657 Posted September 12, 2019 Report Share Posted September 12, 2019 Under 40 ft i wouldn't bother. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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