Flicka 20 stormsails and rigging

[atmarineservices]

Greetings, I have a few questions as for the setup for storm sails on a Flicka 20. I have a hank on headsail, and am curious if I will need a cutter stay to brign the center of effort closer to the mast. If nessary, how should I proceed in going, might running backstays be nessary? Know as far as the trysail sheeting in concerned. Is it ok to use the clew reef line as the trysail outhaul / sheeting point? The reef line is led to a sheave at the end of the boom and then to a small cabintop snubbing winch. I was planning on lashing a small line around the boom / trysail sheet to prevent chaffe in the sheet and sheave when in use and it blowing out. Any input on these setups? Thanks!!

[Brian Duff]

for the flika - you can probably just set storm sails on the forestay - the fore triangle is so small that you hardly have options to move it aft...

the trisail is normally sheeted directly to the deck, and the boom is NOT used for that sail.

of course, the prime derivative is that the boat balance under sail in a heavy blow. if you have lee helm, the trisail must be bigger, the jib smaller, or the jib moved aft. make sense or should I explain more?

[atmarineservices]

Thanks Brian. I have a question for the trysail sheeting. It is sheeted to a padeye and block then to a whinch? or block and tackle? Might the aft cleats be up to the task as far as location is concerned. (there are large SS backing blocks on all deck hardware, or G10)
Thanks Brian!!

[Brian Duff]

yes, through a block to a winch or a block and tackle - given the violence of flogging sails, a line to a block and winch is probably safer than having blocks on the clew of the sail. yes, your stern cleats are probably a sound location for sheeting too...given the sail will set correctly there. you can also raise or lower the sail on the mast (or any sail on a stay) to change the sheet lead angle.

good luck.