Cruising Chute

[ShaunG]

Does anyone know of any sites giving info on the best way to trim a cruising chute. I have had mine rigged for some time and despite playing a lot i feel there is more to give. We only use it when short handed as we use a spinnaker when crewed. Any references you could give would be much appreciated

 

[Twister_Ken]

One of the IPC magz did a feature on this a while back (6-12 months?) Maybe someone still has that issue.

All I can add, apart from common sense sheet trimming, is harden the tack downhaul as the wind moves forward, ease it - and if necessary a bit of halyard - as the wind goes broader. If you can be faffed, you can also set the tack to a lowish spinnaker pole when very broad.

 

[lw395]

Try steering for speed. Head up until the boat is either heeling too much or the apparent wind is near 90deg to the boat. Experiment to find a good angle. The increase in speed can be plenty to cover the extra distance. The helm and trimmer need to work together, you may want to sheet the main in a little too. Look for speed on the log, or better still VMG on the GPS. Try different luff settings as suggested above.

 

[Cloven]

Try this page:

http://www.kempsails.com/component/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/gid,8/Itemid,12/