17 Aug 2009 #1 Blue5 Well-Known Member Joined 16 Mar 2006 Messages 2,182 Location Hampshire and Portugal Visit site If you are using a cruising chute/spinnaker and keep the main up just to help recovery is a preventer neccesary?
If you are using a cruising chute/spinnaker and keep the main up just to help recovery is a preventer neccesary?
17 Aug 2009 #2 MoodySabre Well-Known Member Joined 24 Oct 2006 Messages 17,768 Location Bradwell and Leigh-on-Sea Visit site If you are dead downwind then the main will blank the chute unless you sheet it right in or goosewing. Both will be more effective a bit off the wind. If dead downwind with the main out then I like to have a preventer on.
If you are dead downwind then the main will blank the chute unless you sheet it right in or goosewing. Both will be more effective a bit off the wind. If dead downwind with the main out then I like to have a preventer on.