Wot's a gennaker?

[Twister_Ken]

Posh word for cruising chute?

 

[bedouin]

A cross between a cruising chute and a genoa.

Mine is cut rather like a large genoa - something like 190%, but made of nylon not dacron but I have also seen the the term used to describe something like a "Code 0".

 

[snooks]

This might help

 

[Twister_Ken]

BTW Snooksie, the 360 of the HR310 ain't there.

 

[snooks]

BTW Snooksie, the 360 of the HR310 ain't there.

I'll get our webby people onto it...

till they do, try this Hallberg Rassy 310 link

But if you're looking for the nav table, I can save you some time....it's not there

 

[michael_w]

An asymmetric for thems wot karnt spel.

 

[KINGFISHER 9]

Wot's a gennaker?

Expensive!

 

[Magic_Sailor]

No - it's the name for a portable generator that has been subjected to a very high load for and extended period of time. Rendering said generator defunct - or knackered in the colloquial.

Gennaker - true or false

 

[Twister_Ken]

Reason I asked is that I've seen three definitions lately (including two different ones in the YM review of the J boat in this edition).

 

[Badger]

It's a Cross between ..

a Genoa and an asymetric Spinnaker. I want one for my Twister

 

[Twister_Ken]

Is it set from a sprit?

Is it on a furler?

What is the difference between a cruising chute and a gennaker?

What is the difference between a gennaker and a code zero?

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Is it set from a sprit? Can be

Is it on a furler? Can be

What is the difference between a cruising chute and a gennaker?Chute is fuller cut

What is the difference between a gennaker and a code zero?

Don't know

 

[fantasia7628]

I am guessing that a gennaker is more like a code zero genoa (neither set from a sprit) and cruising shute (sometimes set from a sprit) is similar to an asymmetric spinnaker (set from a sprit).

All very confusing and I think that the terms are used differently by various bods.

 

[bedouin]

Is it set from a sprit?

Is it on a furler?

What is the difference between a cruising chute and a gennaker?

What is the difference between a gennaker and a code zero?

Can be set from sprit of furler but doesn't have to be

I would say that a Code 0 was a particular type of gennaker. Code 0 is very much a racing sail - it is the flattest cut sail that the rules allow to be classed as a spinnaker rather than a headsail. My gennaker is flatter cut than that, but you would never see one on a racing boat.

There is probably an overlap between cruising chute and gennaker, but in general I would say that a gennaker is set with a tauter luff, and is flatter cut, than a typical cruising chute.

 

[Magic_Sailor]

i was only messin'. Not being sarcy

Magic ;-)