Cruising Chute

[lw395]

Thanks. Sorry to misread the thread. I've no great expertise on this but believe barber hauling a foresail's sheet opens the top of the leech. ....r.

Barber haulers can pull in, out or down.
Pulling down = less twist.
Pulling out = less twist when not close hauled
Pulling in (and easing sheet) = more fullness in the bottom and more twist

 

[Gunfleet]

Barber haulers can pull in, out or down.
Pulling down = less twist.
Pulling out = less twist when not close hauled
Pulling in (and easing sheet) = more fullness in the bottom and more twist

Thanks for that. Once the spring comes I will experiment and teach myself a bit. How do you get it to pull out?

 

[Cactus Sailing]

Me too! This is my version:

Interesting, i've been thinking of a chute myself but can't quite work out the best way to rig it up, i have a strong point behind my furler and perhaps i could use a tacker like your photo with the tack connected to this point via the tacker?

circled in photo

i dont think my anchor roller is strong enough to run it through that, so its interesting to see different set ups without too much modification.

 

[Xenofonte]

I hope this small video cold help you:
https://youtu.be/FwnlpXYfrQs
Best winds!

 

[Ludd]

I fly a cruising chute on my 35ft Nab/Rasmus singlehanded. I use a s/s tube bowsprit attached to the bow roller, inboard end to samson post. In light winds I have often poled out the genny, put a reef in the main, set on same side as cruising chute, with c/s sheet thriugh a block on end of boom. No snuffer, I recover the chute by pulling it through the slot between main and boom. Works well and good exercise!