Cruising chute

[Metalicmike]

I have spinnaker winches and have dedicated sheets hung on the guardrails. I use my spinnaker halyard to launch the sail with the foot attached to the bow, I also have a double block on the bow and run the line for the sock back to the cockpit onto another block tied to a rear cleat the line then runs back through the bow block to another block on the spinnaker halyard.. I have thought about adding a bowsprit to stop the chute fowling the Genoa however I have decided against this as it will effect up wind performance.

 

[Paulfireblade]

Did it make a significant difference with the main down?

Friends in a Moody 336 were catching us with their Spinnaker and Main sail up, once I dropped the main we were pretty much matching their speed so it did seem to help. Wind was only 4 - 6 knots.

My cruising chute doesn’t look as big as there Spinnaker so I wondered if there was more likelihood of it being in the shadow of the main.

 

[Paulfireblade]

I have spinnaker winches and have dedicated sheets hung on the guardrails. I use my spinnaker halyard to launch the sail with the foot attached to the bow, I also have a double block on the bow and run the line for the sock back to the cockpit onto another block tied to a rear cleat the line then runs back through the bow block to another block on the spinnaker halyard.. I have thought about adding a bowsprit to stop the chute fowling the Genoa however I have decided against this as it will effect up wind performance.

Anything that can be done to speed up deployment is a must, I also run my sock line back to cockpit but use a triple block with a separate up & down. I leave the tack line and sock lines clipped to the pulpit ready and plan to start leaving sheets rigged and clipped to guardrails ready.

I did leave it still hoisted whilst snuffed but sadly wrapped around the Genoa so won’t do that again

 

[B27]

Anything that can be done to speed up deployment is a must, I also run my sock line back to cockpit but use a triple block with a separate up & down. I leave the tack line and sock lines clipped to the pulpit ready and plan to start leaving sheets rigged and clipped to guardrails ready.

I did leave it still hoisted whilst snuffed but sadly wrapped around the Genoa so won’t do that again

If there's one thing that's more important than getting a kite up quickly, it's getting it up cleanly with minimum chances of a tangle.
I used to use a sock, which was great for having a minimum time of the kite not controlled , but this year I've just been launching the kite outside the genoa on a very broad reach.
Pre-set the sheet.
Halyard then tack line.
With extra hands, halyard and tack line together.

 

[wingcommander]

If there's one thing that's more important than getting a kite up quickly, getting it down quickly when required

 

[wingcommander]

I have yet to smooth out this process when single handed.lol