Ohhhh, O.K....I see why the previous owner stepped it with the forestay and one sidestay attached - stepped it just like a dingy. If your sail must be attached to the mast before you raise the mast (i.e. like the 'sock' refered to earlier), you might have some difficulty raising it how I described. Maybe not? I dunno.



You said that you have a track in the mast - most cats have an inset track that the rope luff of the main sail would slide up the mast in. If this is so, then you should be able to easily raise the main after the mast is in place.