Downwind rig

[Roberto]

Other downwind rig examples under

http://www.bwsailing.com/PDFs/trade wind rigs_bws0699.pdf

just cut and paste if link comes out split in two

 

[ccscott49]

I was thinking of trying a cruising chute, a mate was going to lend me one, with snuffer, but I have a spare yankee, with luff tape for my roller reefing and a kevlar luff rope to allow me to hoist it flying, I'll try those first, it's easy to furl one, the other I'll have to drop and tie off. Need some experienced crew to test all this and some wind of course!

 

[Gunfleet]

Actually I have a cruising chute and it couldn't be easier to set with the sock thingy and plastic bucket. It just sets like a whopping great genoa made of spinnaker material. It will take the wind on the beam but won't go to windward at all. It blankets a lot of your view forwards so it's worth flying it a couple of feet off the foredeck, then you can see who you're pointing the iroko ram at. I really don't think your crew needs to be very experienced to set it and you'll soon be doing it on your own.
ps you don't even necessarily need a pole for it, and in any case never one of those whopping spinnaker ones. A sort of beefy wooden whisker pole is perfect and v. cheap!

 

[Gunfleet]

Re: Re Downwind sailing

Because you're Merkin, and Merka is a free country. Ask Dubyah.

 

[ccscott49]

I have two 16' wooden poles, made of coloumbian pine and with "Scott" end fittings, with double mast mounts. So that wouldn't be a problem, the weight of the boat might be, I would probably blow it out before the boat moved!!

 

[ccscott49]

Re: Re Downwind sailing

Pardon????

 

[Gunfleet]

Re: Re Downwind sailing

You asked why would you do it (cross the sails).
The rig referred to was in an A(merkin) boating magazine. So you'd do it because you could, as in 'I'm a merkin, and merkas a free country.'

 

[ccscott49]

Re: Re Downwind sailing

Ohj! silly me. deeeeeeeer

 

[charles_reed]

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