Geez, Bob. You said you were going sailing tonight.

Actually I said I was going fishing tonight. But I like how you "dissapear" for
1/2 hour then return with claims you went sailing.
Don't forget to post some old pics!

RB

Thanks for all of the spinnaker feedback.
Made even better because it highlights how people like BB and are full time
trollers, unable to break form and talk sailing.

RB

I guess among your list of undeveloped skills is "how to read and
understand a clock". I left work at 3 pm,

Tell it to to someone who cares, liar.
Look at the header. It's a "sailing" thread to which you've added nothing.

RB

Got any pics of the fish you caught?

We didn't fish. Just watched Spiderman 2.


RB

That's the committee boat on the
right,

Looks like your'e over the layline, on the slow side of the course, and well
behind. g

What's all that fuzzy stuff around the sun and all?

Looks like a bad pic and worse camera. Why would anyone ask you to take such
poor photos?
What a story!

RB

http://binarybill.tripod.com/062503/P6250099a.jpg

So let's see...you motored "like mad" but couldn't get close enough to these
boats (your friends?) for a good pic?
Doesn't look like enough wind to have them outrun you...good job on the camera,
boy!

RB

Thought i might join in briefly. An asymmetrical is god send to those who
sail short handed, single watchsting, or the single handers. It does the
job of the spinnaker but not quite as well but handles like a normal
headsail but not quite as well. On the last boat I had inherited double
forestays. To get real macho I ran two baloon type sails at once. One was
the asymmetrical and the other was a four hank drifter meant for quite
another purpose but it worked. Onthat one I clipped on a light pole that
didn't require the support of a halyard. In down wind light airs it was
quite effective as long as you quartered off about 20 degrees or a bit more.
It was also effective at making other people (and sailors) gawk when they
realized a single hander was running two chutes at once. Of of course the
wildy different color patterns of each added hugely to the effect! I think
I would have to come down on the side of the racers for a full baloon with
all the poles and trimmings for racing but for the five knot an hour is
plenty cruising crowd the asymmetrical is certainly the best choice.

Now having started that one up again I shall go to Raffles.

Michael


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On 25 Jun 2003 22:19:29 GMT, (Bobsprit) wrote:

I think that it is aimed at people who have a normal spinaker, but who
don't have an asymmetric. A spinaker is a bit more macho than a cruising
chute, so I think that more people(me included) own a spinaker than an
assymetric.

I don't have the asymetrical chute, BTW. I'll try flying the thing over
the
next few days and take some pics of the dismasting! I have the
Spinnaker-Guy
setup and also something very much like it from UK, which is what I used
yesterday. In the brief moments when we had 2-3 knots, it got the boat
moving
when my heavy genoa would have hung like a sheet of drywall.

RB

Geez, Bob. You said you were going sailing tonight. I guess you forgot and
accidentally posted when you said you'd be sailing. We went out at 5, and
we
just got home. I took some pics of the racers off of East Haven near the
finish
line (cow & calf on the charts) at around 8:10. Sorry to hear that the
excellent
sailing weather scared you off AGAIN!

BB

S-L-A-M-!!!!!!!


Nice Photos..... a bit of haze makes for good photographs

CM


wrote in message
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| On 26 Jun 2003 15:01:58 GMT, (Bobsprit) wrote:
|
| It was? There was some haze,
|
| Haze and air quality were terrible. Visibility was listed as poor.
| I guess you sailed in between the haze. I liked the story about motoring
like
| mad to take pics of friends boats, yet you're a 1/4 of a mile away and
the
| photo sucks.
| Good effort, but you should have at least said you were sailing. Got any
pics
| that actually show you're on a boat?
|
| RB
|
| http://binarybill.tripod.com
|
| BB

Yes Donal,

I believe you are but for sure there are enough strings to pull on a Stb
Spinn.

However, I like to set the Spinn up behind the main (Shadow) then pull
it out into the trim position. You are correct about the pole 90 Deg to
the wind. On a downwind run you will be OK. BUT remember the question
was about over trimming the Main when setting on a Reach. If the Main is
blanketing any part of the Spinn the Sheet and Clew will be the effected
area. I would prefer to cheat a bit on the guy and ease the spinn sheet
than over trim the main. That is if I had to maintain a course heading.

You could be correct. You could maybe free the spinn by letting out on
the sheet

The way Nutsy was flying the Std Spinn without the pole, your guess is
as good as mine on what was out of trim. My first guess was that it was
set to low but then I got to thinking, he was hooked to the fore stay
and if he moved it up he would be burying the clew farther into the
shadow of the main!? When he tries it again , I think he should try
carrying it above shoulder hight. I'm no expert on poless Std Chutes but
I know they are shorter than the Assy and need the Tacks higher to get
the proper shape.

Your turn. You make the call for the poless trim?

Ole Thom