What is a 'Working Spinaker' ?

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Just come across one.

About the same size as a storm jib but made in lightweight blue nylon stuff.

Seems like a pretty pointless sail to me :confused:

Before I asked Gowen (who made it) can anyone enlighten me?


TIA
 
I am really puzzled, the bag says 'Working Spinaker' and it is defo spinaker material but I don't see what is particularly 'working' about it!

I put it up this morning - the only possible use I can see is as a riding sail as, when sheeted in, should keep the bow head to wind.

But why call it a Spinaker? :confused:
 
Perhaps what you have could be a 'Tall Boy' / 'Blooper'. This sail sets out side the spinnaker from a broad reach to a run. It is made from spinnaker material, has three corners, no hanks or luff ropes and is not symmetrical. I have a vague recollection that they were also called 'working spankers' (not a Google friendly term).

A Blooper / Tall Boy
 
BlowingOldBoots said:
Perhaps what you have could be a 'Tall Boy' / 'Blooper'. This sail sets out side the spinnaker from a broad reach to a run. It is made from spinnaker material, has three corners, no hanks or luff ropes and is not symmetrical. I have a vague recollection that they were also called 'working spankers' (not a Google friendly term).

A Blooper / Tall Boy
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That is getting much closer by the description, although this still appears to be only half the size of the one illustrated.

Tell you one thing - I won't be using the jobber!!
 
My e-mail to Gowans (address taken from their website) has just bounced back saying 'mailbox is full, this is a permanent error'.

Great eh. Our good old marine industry excels again.
 
Working sails as opposed to racing sails? I might sail across to Holland under working sails then fly my racing sails when racing over there.
 
BlowingOldBoots said:
Perhaps what you have could be a 'Tall Boy' / 'Blooper'. This sail sets out side the spinnaker from a broad reach to a run. It is made from spinnaker material, has three corners, no hanks or luff ropes and is not symmetrical. I have a vague recollection that they were also called 'working spankers' (not a Google friendly term).

A Blooper / Tall Boy
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Awful things used to try and prevent over-girth masthead rig IOR II boats from broaching. They always used to fall in the water, then the boat broached and you had a sail wound round keel and rudder.
 
charles_reed said:
Awful things used to try and prevent over-girth masthead rig IOR II boats from broaching. They always used to fall in the water, then the boat broached and you had a sail wound round keel and rudder.
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Beginning to make sense now as the boat did the Fastnet back in the '70's.

Probably the first owner wanted all the toys of the day.
 
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