Also, in a breeze hoist to leeward so the jib blankets the chute as you hoist. Then get the jib furled/down quickly.
Joel 35/3 Annapolis On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Martin DeYoung <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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 > > > [image: 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 > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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