Starboard Side
This response is a bit late but...We have our trysail track on the starboard side - I think originally borne out of the old fashioned notion that you should heave to on the starboard tack if you have a choice.
We've got a 32 foot Lyle Hess cutter and I've used the trysail "in anger" as Brion puts it. I'm a big fan. This is a sail that's designed for the conditions; the boom and mainsail are safely stowed in the gallows where they belong; you don't have the bunt of a reefed mainsail ready to swallow up a big sea; no large loads on questionable reefing cringles; no large loads on the boom from the loose footed mainsail; the CE is nice and low and the whole construction of the sail is fit for purpose.
When we heave to with the trysail we lead each sheet to a turning block on its own quarter and thence to a primary winch. This gives you endless control over the sail and allows you to prevent any potential to flog and flutter as the boat luffs slightly - as it's apt to do from time to time.
I wouldn't go to sea without one in this kind of boat.
|