When we bought Sonrisa she was set up for fair weather sailing only.  She had no reefing gear (the boom was a bare pole) and, although meant to be a cutter, the inner forestay was not rigged.  Not wanting to tempt the weather gods, we decided to install some reefing gear and re-rig the inner forestay so we could fly a staysail.  The reefing gear was relatively easy, two cheek blocks, two cleats, a hook at the gooseneck, and voila, two reefs could be put in the main.  The staysail however was harder.  The original design was for a club footed staysail, but we didn’t really want a boom sweeping at knee height across the foredeck, so after considerable research and consulting online with some other Mariah owners, we re-rigged with a loose footed sail.  This required two tracks and two new winches on the cabin top.  Nerve wracking to drill all those holes, but it works great!

Here we are with the staysail flying.