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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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sock?
gf. "Nav" wrote in message ... 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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No, it's me.
Cheers gonefishiing wrote: sock? gf. "Nav" wrote in message ... 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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ahh......my mistake snuffles.
gf. "Nav" wrote in message ... No, it's me. Cheers gonefishiing wrote: sock? gf. "Nav" wrote in message ... Use a snuffler if it's a big 'chute. Cheers |
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