Spinnaker lines

[dgadee]

One sheet and one guy or two of each? 30 foot boat.

Haven't flown a symmetric for years due to no/one crew but think I have to get one out of the sail locker and give it a go.

 

[Motor_Sailor]

You only need double guys and sheets if you're going to gybe the kite. If you're on your own, then that's a few leagues up on simply flying the thing on a run.
Even with the two of us we snuff it before gybing. Then a pair of twinning lines with block amidships make it easy to convert sheets to guys and visa-versa.

My top tip though is to add an aft guy to the pole. This together with a topping lift and a fore guy / downhaul allow you to solidly fix the pole in any position and not have it swing around bashing you or the roller furling foil.

 

[Concerto]

On my Fulmar I use single sheets. I also gybe by taking the pole off the mast and connecting it on the sheet, then drop the guy from the pole and fit it on the mast. It does mean both lines must be slightly looser than normal. Also easier to gybe the spinnaker before gybing the mainsail. I do all of this single handed.

This video shows one good day I had under spinnaker. Sorry I could not film the gybe, but towards the end you will see I did gybe.

 

[doug748]

As Concerto has said, on a small boat single lines can work well and you can end for end the pole as long as you don't risk windier conditions.

Singlehanded, I take the thing down as soon as the wind reaches 10 ish kts apparent, which is fine because you can make reasonable progress in those conditions anyway and you remove the chance of rising winds catching you out.

Mind you I more often fly the c chute nowadays and not that often either.

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[William_H]

As said common around here on this sized boat is single sheet to each side which then doubles as a guy. (sheet has turning block near stern) When a guy it is controlled down ward by a tweeker (line ) from mid foredeck gunwhale taken back to a cleat. A low friction ring on the end of the tweeker takes the guy/sheet. it is just left loose when it is a sheet. Gybe is by end for enduing the pole. Pole has topping lift to take weight.
However all good for a good foredeck crew. Not sure about gybing single handed. ol'will

 

[dgadee]

Thanks all.