Cruising chute wraps around furled genoa?

[Tomahawk]

A cruising chute or assy dows not work very well going veru deep down wind.... So don't use it like that. If you have to sail dead downhill, use a conventional kite with a pole. Otherwise come up wind enough so that you get a better wind angle and the chute pulls better. If lucky you may "play the angles" and go faster. if not it is still more enjoyable sailing tohave the sails fully powered up and pushing the boat rather than going floppy andrisking a wrap....

 

[lustyd]

A cruising chute or assy dows not work very well going veru deep down wind.... So don't use it like that. If you have to sail dead downhill, use a conventional kite with a pole. Otherwise come up wind enough so that you get a better wind angle and the chute pulls better. If lucky you may "play the angles" and go faster. if not it is still more enjoyable sailing tohave the sails fully powered up and pushing the boat rather than going floppy andrisking a wrap....

Any reason you can't attach a sheet to the tack and just use it like a spinnaker? Seems to work fine with a very loose rope at the tack and the sail floats about

 

[Tomahawk]

None at all, Indeed if you have a pole you can fly an assy like a conventional from the end of the pole. Indeed the Whitbread 60's circa 1998 were doing it that way. You can pull the tack a bit to windward and get a better projection for the luff. However, if you do go for it that way, it is probably better to drop the thing for a gybe, unless you have a scratch racing crew tucked downstairs...

 

[mrming]

Why wouldn't you just route the sheets outside the stay and pull the sail on the outside?

I've found that when gybing outside, the lazy sheet tends to fall under the bowsprit, and ultimately ends up under the boat.

Some people sew a bit of batten onto the tack of the sail (sticking out forward) to catch the sheet and stop this happening.

 

[Mrnotming]

Thanks all Forumites,for the well considered replies, I now have enough information to make future choices in a more balanced fashion, thanks again to all your focussed information!

 

[BlueSkyNick]

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Thanks all Forumites,for the well considered replies, I now have enough information to make future choices in a more balanced fashion, thanks again to all your focussed information!

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