We never used storm sails. We prefer to stay far from storms, using weather faxes by ssb. Till now, we succeded and had no real dangerous storm in 13 years...We think a storm sail is dangerous to rig in rough seas, unless you install it permanently on a furling system. ( risk of man over board...) The standard sails of the Supermaramu are sufficient in 99 pc of the situations.<br>Fair winds to you<br>Ren Ortmans<br>SM 204 Fare Nui