How hard was it when you flew your first spinnaker? Most people are just
scared of the things because of the size. Just hoist the thing underway with
the right crew, and you will learn a sheiite load more than playing at a
mooring...


"ddinc" wrote in message
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I have taught this way in the past.
Havent you ever spinaker flown (in a bosun chair)
anchored stern to?

wrote in message
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On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 03:05:45 GMT, "John R Weiss"
wrote:

wrote...

Anchoring a boat by it's stern is generally considered a bad idea for
good
reason.

For normal anchoring, that may well be true. However, for the stated
purpose (practice with the spinnaker at the mooring) it is not a bad
idea
at
all. There will be at least 2 crew on deck for the entire exercise, so
they
can take care of any unforeseen problems.


The stated purpose is a poor idea for doing that in the first place.
The
two
crew on deck that you stake so much faith in, are admittedly
inexperienced
sailors. There is no way to forsee what situations they are capable of
dealing
with. Meanwhile, they aren't really gonna learn much about spinnakers
this
way
any how. The whole idea is a non-starter.

BB