Atn tacker how to gybe?

[jfkal]

Does anyone use the Tacker from ATN?

http://www.atninc.com/tacker_en.php

The instructions and the video show nicely how to set it up. But not how to gybe it.
I asked them but no reply :-(

Thanks

 

[alteredoutlook]

I would have thought the best way would be to rig a lazy sheet around the front of everything and when it comes to gybing, release the active sheet, let the sail fall forward of the rolled genoa and then pull on the lazy sheet to make it the active one.

However I could be wrong!

 

[duncan99210]

That's how you tack a chute, so it should be the same for a spinaker being used as a chute.....?

 

[prv]

It may not be designed to at all. Many people expect to rig their cruising chute for a long leg on one tack only, and take it down again before any manoeuvring. That said, alteredoutlook's suggestion seems worth a try.

Pete

 

[rogerthebodger]

You gybe the same way as any asymmetric spinnaker as alteredoutlook indicated but as the tack is so close to your for stay you can only do an outside gybe with the lazy sheet around the front of every thing.

I considered using one of those but ended up fitting a recoverable pole to push the tack about a meter ahead of my for stay. This allows me to do an inside gybe but also allows me to run dead down wind with asymmetric spinnaker and jib wing on wing, with no main. IMHO boat tends to be more stable that way.

 

[davidej]

I have never seen on of these in action but if the gismo runs up the forestay then it is putting on a lot of pressure when pulling hard in a stiff breeze.

I am not suggesting the forestay couldn't take it, but could it kink the foil?

To be honest , it seems like a solution looking for a problem. How is it better than attaching the tack to bow roller with an adjustable strop

 

[prv]

To be honest , it seems like a solution looking for a problem. How is it better than attaching the tack to bow roller with an adjustable strop

I think the idea is that you use it with a conventional spinnaker rather than an asymmetric. That needs the tack to be much higher, as if it were on the end of a pole, hence attaching it part way up the forestay.

Agree about the strain it puts on the foil though.

Pete

 

[Chi34]

I have one left over from my last boat. It has it's uses. Shorthanded on a biggish boat etc.
But you may have trouble running with a conventional kite tacked on the centreline. Try it. Gybeing may not be an issue.

 

[haydude]

Does anyone use the Tacker from ATN?

http://www.atninc.com/tacker_en.php

The instructions and the video show nicely how to set it up. But not how to gybe it.
I asked them but no reply :-(

Thanks

I have the ATN tacker, excellent to sail single handed.
The best way I found (single handed) is to snuff the sail (if you have a snuffer) and re-rig, re-deploy. This is the method I use and it works for me.

Or if you do not mind to fly the sail inside-out and most importantly the wind force allows it, run the sheet in front of the headstay and rig on the opposite tack. I have never tried this method myself.

 

[rowanloh]

I am curious about the responses about single and short handing on biggish boats. I would like to know how the ATN helps on a single/short handed boat and how it is different to using a tack line from the bow roller in this situation?

 

[jfkal]

Conventional then

I have the ATN tacker, excellent to sail single handed.
The best way I found (single handed) is to snuff the sail (if you have a snuffer) and re-rig, re-deploy. This is the method I use and it works for me.

Or if you do not mind to fly the sail inside-out and most importantly the wind force allows it, run the sheet in front of the headstay and rig on the opposite tack. I have never tried this method myself.

Guess I go the safe way then and snuff it first. May try the inside-out way once I have a few more hands on deck

 

[SamSalter]

As previously mentioned, sheets go around the outside of the forestay.
Here's a pretty good explanation and a video of how it's done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbLoLfL0Lfk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

sam