He took in royals and topgallant sails, furled the courses, trysail and jib, and double-reefed the topsails. |
A seemingly simple sail to make, in fact, the storm trysail presents unique challenges, particularly in the geometry and deployment. |
Indeed, a trysail that day would have been sail enough for almost any men but these. |
If the owner does not carry a storm square-sail, he should have a boom to his trysail. |
Once you have set the storm jib and storm trysail, you will need to find your boat's best angle of attack. |
The first big blow was unpleasant and I had to reduce sail to my smallest storm jib and trysail. |