flaming
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I heard a rumour that there's sea monsters outside the solent, I guess the race comittee heard that rumour too....
spinnaker advice for a beginner please
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Judders
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An old sea cap'ain gave me his charts for W of Hurst when he retired. The Needles is marked, naturally enough, but all it says apart from that is 'There be Dragons'. I have the one for East of Selsey Bill and it say more or less the same.
charles_reed
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Assume it's a Warrior 35?
You should have spinnaker halyard to head and 2 guy/sheets to each corner.
Spinnaker pole rigged with uphaul to half way up the mast and downhaul to foredeck, both under complete control. The pole should have a double wire bridle from each end to which downhaul and uphaul are attached in the middle.
Sheets to blocks on quarters, guys to blocks on toe-rail or just forrad of mast on perimeter of boat.
Make sure the spinnaker is not twisted before lifting and feet and head are led out of bag fair. put one sheet through the outer end of the spinnaker, with the pole to windward and the pole uphaul and downhaul taut enough to keep pole horizontal.
attach the bottom of the turtle to something like a foredeck cleat (you may have an archaic one, a bag with a ring stiffener). Make sure both sheet are reasonably secure
Lift the spinnaker quickly before it has time to deploy. Trim sheets so pole about 90deg to apparent wind and guy and sheet tight enough to allow the leading edge of the spi to just move a little.
A book could be written on spinnaker trimming - it's easily the most rewarding and most complex sail to get drawing just right.
To bring down, on a headsail rig especially, blanket it with main preferably, but genoa if all else fails and letting the windward sheet fly gather feet together, unwind, and feed feet first and tapes together into turtle. On a 3/4 rig main is always best, on both genoa becomes an unmitigated nuisance when you're taking down.
That briefly covers single-handed as well as multi-handed spinnaker work.
You should have spinnaker halyard to head and 2 guy/sheets to each corner.
Spinnaker pole rigged with uphaul to half way up the mast and downhaul to foredeck, both under complete control. The pole should have a double wire bridle from each end to which downhaul and uphaul are attached in the middle.
Sheets to blocks on quarters, guys to blocks on toe-rail or just forrad of mast on perimeter of boat.
Make sure the spinnaker is not twisted before lifting and feet and head are led out of bag fair. put one sheet through the outer end of the spinnaker, with the pole to windward and the pole uphaul and downhaul taut enough to keep pole horizontal.
attach the bottom of the turtle to something like a foredeck cleat (you may have an archaic one, a bag with a ring stiffener). Make sure both sheet are reasonably secure
Lift the spinnaker quickly before it has time to deploy. Trim sheets so pole about 90deg to apparent wind and guy and sheet tight enough to allow the leading edge of the spi to just move a little.
A book could be written on spinnaker trimming - it's easily the most rewarding and most complex sail to get drawing just right.
To bring down, on a headsail rig especially, blanket it with main preferably, but genoa if all else fails and letting the windward sheet fly gather feet together, unwind, and feed feet first and tapes together into turtle. On a 3/4 rig main is always best, on both genoa becomes an unmitigated nuisance when you're taking down.
That briefly covers single-handed as well as multi-handed spinnaker work.
