Cruising Shute Rig

[robmurray]

Can anyone advise whether a cruising shute is flown with a pole as with a spinaker or without? Any advice appreciated

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[bigmart]

Most of the time you should be ok to use it without a pole. On the odd occaision, say on or near a dead run, you may find it useful to pole it out Goose Winged.

Martin

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[AuntyRinum]

You never need a pole with a cruising chute. Not even when goose winged.

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[jimi]

I normally fly the chute with an adjustable strop from the stem head . However its no use down wind. To try and pole out the clew is difficult due to the sail size. I have tried poling it out with the pole attached to the toerail which worked quite well until the pole twisted a little!!! However I have flown it with the tack poled out in the same way as flying a spinnaker and that seems to work OK.

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[pandroid]

Disagree. My sailmaker recommends a pole when more than about 130 degrees. (and he's right). You can get away with it, but a pole reduces the chance of broaching and makes it set better.

See ours on a pole <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.kissen.co.uk/yacht.htm>here</A>

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[qsiv]

Absolutely - the deeper you sail, the more advantage from a pole.

Without a pole you have to progressively ease the tack line (or halyard) to allow the sail to rotate to windward of the rig. As this happens it becomes less stable (prone to inducing roll) and it's projected area decreases, just when you want it most.

Flying it from a pole complicates life but does have benefits.

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[Jules]

Wind on the quarter to dead astern they are a bitch of a thing, pole or no pole. I fancy selling mine, as the only time I can use it is on a reach. dims available if anyone interested.

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[jessica]

I found that to pole out the Cruising shute on my 25 footer I would have needed a very long pole. About 14/15 ft. I think. Where do you stow it (even a telescopic one) and they are not cheap! However , without a pole it was not very stable downwind except perhaps goosewinged.

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[jimi]

Agree , impossible to pole out goosewinged, need to use the pole as a spinnaker pole and run the tack through the pole.

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