>> Long hoist = premature filling. I guess that's one advantage of having a >> short stick. ;-)<<
Size matters when hoisting in stronger winds. In light wind, even on larger race boats the crew can get away with some creative sail handling. As the wind increases spinnaker banding or other control systems become much more important, especially on larger boats. Calypso's spinnaker sock allows us to hoist/drop safely double-handed. (70' hoist) Without the sock we would need a banding system. In the old days (70's to 90's) running the foredeck on IOR boats from 24' to 70' I used both rubber bands and wool yarn. On those seriously raced boats the crew was well practiced. For much of the 80's we used the trip line recovery method, sometimes referred as a rip line. At our best we could carry a spinnaker to within a few boat lengths of the leeward mark with the headsail hoisted. As we rotated around the mark the negative pressure zone behind the sheeted headsail sucked the spinny in keeping the pressure off the trip line. In the 90's we switched to using the lazy sheet in much the same way. In the 2000's I have used the wool yard to avoid leaving a trail of rubber bands. The last time we hoisted a chute on Calypso without the sock it was the 1.5 oz., banded with yarn. We hard 5 total onboard and it was blowing past 20 headed for 30. The yarn banding gave the shorthanded crew enough time to get the pole and reaching strut in place prior to releasing the beast. That was one hell of a ride right up the spin outs and quick drop. Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle [cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Muckley Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 10:11 AM To: C&C List Subject: Re: Stus-List Spinnaker Stops - now chute hoists Dennis, Thanks for the explanation. I race on a Pearson 32 so that probably contributes to our high success rate. Long hoist = premature filling. I guess thats one advantage of having a short stick. ;-) Josh
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