Spinnakers are malevolent creatures anyway. Lost count of how many
beers, hats, sunglasses, etc etc I've lost over the years on account of
them.


Wayne.B wrote:
Yeah, but down wind without one is really sloooooow.


Depends on the boat and on the course. Nothing like a honkin' spinnaker
run for excitement, though!


King Neptune demands the occasional beer, hat and sunglasses
sacrifice, otherwise he starts looking for bigger stuff.


Hmm, I didn't think of it that way.

DSK