sock?
gf.
"Nav" wrote in message
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Use a snuffler if it's a big 'chute.
Cheers
gonefishiing wrote:
any sage advice on flying the chute and flying it shorthanded
these days i usually sail with one other person aboard .-sometimes a non
sailor
someone is always capable of taking the helm.
i'd like to set it up for next season and wonder of there is anything i
can do to make it easier
the only experience i have with the chute is aboard a friends boat racing
a couple of times and that only involved trimming it.
i've yet to fly it on my boat.
i understand the general idea of flying it, but have some confusion about
raising it and dropping it.
do i have it right so far:
the spinni bag is on deck
probably on the windward side.
sheet and guy are run outside everything
the pole is attached at the mast and at the sail.
the boat is just slightly to windward of dead down wind (10 degrees)
and the sail is ready to be hoisted.
depending on conditions, i also imagine the jib should already be down
giving me one less thing to deal with until i have some more experience.
what next?
with the jib, usually when i singlehand, i'll set the helm, go forward to
raise the jib after "presetting" the jib sheets for the point of sail and
the wind conditions.
is this possible with a spinnaker?
i imagine the guy is preset before hoisting and the sheet can err on the
slack side for a brief time.
dropping the jib is cake walk.
how do you drop the spinnaker so it lands on deck and not in the water or
around the headstay?
here i think i need two crew?
thanks
(looks like i'll be reading glenan's again)
gf.
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