Help wanted on Osprey Dinghy

[thewetone]

I have just been given an Osprey. I can acount for nearly all the haliards etc except for one. Just below the jib and spinnaker haliard is another haliard, what sail is it for?

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[Twister_Ken]

Spinnaker pole topping lift?

Have fun with the Ossie; they are good, and moderately hairy dinghies. Or at least they were in my day. Current hairy dinghies have wings, bowsprits and drivers and passengers who spend more time in the gym than at the bar.

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[thewetone]

Ta for that, I had sort of reckoned that but I was definitely not sure. I also sail a Belgian boat, a Duo, and that is defnitely 'hairy'.
I am also not of the gym ilk nor are the people I sail with. Socialising is just as important as the sail. My next race is the John Bull on Boxing Day, and I shall take my survival kit, one flask of hot, black coffee and a bottle of Jamesons.

Anyway I needed to ask that question as I am off to take part in the 'Bloody Mary' at the Queen Mary reservoir on Jan 10th. Happy times

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[thewetone]

On second thoughts, if one end of the spinnaker pole is hooked into the mast and the other end on the spinnaker, the pole will naturally tend to lift. There is a downhaul fitted to the pole so it can be kept at 90 deg to the mast etc.

I am still confused, maybe.

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[Jacket]

It holds the pole up while you're launching the spinnaker, and in light winds when the spinnakers not filling properly.

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[Twister_Ken]

Dinghy spi-poles

On dinghies the usual arrangement is (was!) a continuous uphaul/downhaul coming from somewhere up near the forestay sheeve and fastened down at the mast heel (or thereabouts). When not in use this is kept tight against the mast either by having a length of shockcord seized into it, or by a sort of mini-halyard arrangement. The middle of this line will have some way of securing the middle of the pole - usually either a ring spliced into the line (something like 16-31 in the pic or a couple of knots which lock into a cleat on the side of the pole (like 16-21). On dinghies, the way to set the pole used to be at right angles not to the mast, but to the forestay, to get max projection beyond the jib, which was usually left flying and setting if poss. The pic is from the Seasure site (www.sea-sure.co.uk) BTW

Hope it helps.

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[thewetone]

Re: Dinghy spi-poles

Thank you all for your help, I think I have it sorted now with all the info provided. So I shall go play on Sunday (and most likely get wet for my troubles)

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[hlb]

Well, the only other halyard my Ospray had was for the wind indicator flag thingy. Nowt for the spinaker pole. That boat was used for racing to the Isle Of Man before I bought it. It was a fantastic sea boat in it's day, probably still is. Massivly over sailed for flooky reservoy conditions though. Only race I ever won on a Reservoir was with no wind at all. It left them standing then. Took it to Looe in a f6 it handled like a motor boat, just using sails as an excelorator peddle. Passed enterprises like they were stopped and the sea had no effect on it at all.

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[janie]

Tomorrow

Look forward to seeing this tomorrow, Randy! Assuming you're coming out to sea?

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