BAtoo
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I normally clip the guy (brace?) to the spinnaker as its the strongest and then clip the sheet to the guy clip.
Spinnaker - sheets & guys vs sheets only ?
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I normally clip the guy (brace?) to the spinnaker as its the strongest and then clip the sheet to the guy clip.
flaming
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Best bet is to clip the sheet to the sail, and the guy (brace) to the sheet. This is so that when the wind goes light you can disconnect the lazy guy to take the weight off the sail.
Bosun Higgs
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One unmentioned issue about single or double lines is the weight. In winds under maybe 10kn true we use single sheets to keep the weight on the clew as low as possible - usually not even bothering with a barber hauler. Above 10kn we use sheets and guys, dipping on a 236 footer
awol
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While Flaming is right that less rope stretch has affected the prevalence of jockey poles, the propensity for fatter boats has also led to their demise. MABs still use them to good effect.
BAtoo
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Plevier
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On the First 36.7 (was that with Lagoon?), presumably you must have end for ended the pole when gybing with single sheets?
I am finding that very difficult on a 32ft boat (67sq m kite) with only single sheets and am wondering about fitting separate sheets and guys. I'm amazed at the thought of doing it with single sheets on a bigger boat such as the First or your UFO 34.
Wonder what I'm doing wrong?
I am finding that very difficult on a 32ft boat (67sq m kite) with only single sheets and am wondering about fitting separate sheets and guys. I'm amazed at the thought of doing it with single sheets on a bigger boat such as the First or your UFO 34.
Wonder what I'm doing wrong?
prv
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On the Army boats in really light winds we'd replace the sheet with the leadline (sans lead!). There was a rule about not using any equipment not supplied with the boat - since they were centrally maintained they all had identical equipment. Apparently our skipper had once been protested for using an unreeled VHS tape
Pete
William_H
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Spinnackers
In all cases the spin and pole need to be pulled down to stop the pole and the kite heading for the sky.
In strong winds and shy this can require quite a lot of power.
Much depends on the size of the boat. On a small boat many rely on a pole down haul from the centre of the pole via a bridle. That means just sheets on the kite.
Getting bigger it is common to have the sheet pass through a pulley on the end of a rope sometimes called a tweaker.(or barber hauler) This tweaker both pulls the sheet (and kite) down but also leads the sheet further out to the max beam so helping to hold the pole off the forestay when shy. When you gybe the sheet becomes the brace and brace becomes the sheet and the tweaker must be let loose for the sheet to run freely and correctly.
The advantage is that you can do an emergency retrieval of the spin by releasing the brace and tweaker if used and pull it all in by the sheet into the cockpit.
When you go to bigger boats bigger spins you need the brace and sheet attached as already explained.
good luck olewill
In all cases the spin and pole need to be pulled down to stop the pole and the kite heading for the sky.
In strong winds and shy this can require quite a lot of power.
Much depends on the size of the boat. On a small boat many rely on a pole down haul from the centre of the pole via a bridle. That means just sheets on the kite.
Getting bigger it is common to have the sheet pass through a pulley on the end of a rope sometimes called a tweaker.(or barber hauler) This tweaker both pulls the sheet (and kite) down but also leads the sheet further out to the max beam so helping to hold the pole off the forestay when shy. When you gybe the sheet becomes the brace and brace becomes the sheet and the tweaker must be let loose for the sheet to run freely and correctly.
The advantage is that you can do an emergency retrieval of the spin by releasing the brace and tweaker if used and pull it all in by the sheet into the cockpit.
When you go to bigger boats bigger spins you need the brace and sheet attached as already explained.
good luck olewill
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