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Brian Whatcott Brian Whatcott is offline
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Default Dumb Sail question

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:13:36 GMT, "Sir Thomas of Cannondale"
wrote:

Is it possible, or more.. without the pole, guy, etc
To fly a regular spinnaker on a cruising sailboat.
I came across a couple on the net that are cheap cheap.
The sails are in great shape.
But :: these are regular symetrical spinnakers. The kind that need pole,
guy, etc. Spinnaker track ..
I got thinking .. ?? What would happen if I just flew the spinnaker
without the "stuff".


Are you familiar with the phrase,
"Don't get your knickers in a bunch?"
Like that maybe?....
:-)

Brian W