The rule on Touche' is always drop on the same side as the hoist, period! It's not hard even if you're on the opposite gybe than the hoist. Pop the jaw, lower the pole end, and haul the guy as you ease the sheet and halyard. The chute should slide around the forestay and across the foredeck. Practice it a few times, you'll get it. An added bonus is the crew will still be on the high side of the boat.
The other choice it to try to set up for a starboard gybe approach to the mark, then you'll be set for a port douse. You also have rights. Having rights during a chute douse is a good thing. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Indigo via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for all the help on this. > > I have another question - specifically for 35-III owners who fly a > symmetrical spinnaker > > I usually do my first set with the pole to starboard and the chute going > up using my only spin halyard which is on the port side - and the chute > going up under the jib (starboard tack for a port rounding). After an odd > number of gybes, I am dousing on the chute on the starboard side- with the > halyard now over the top of the forestay ( on the 35-III the standard > halyard sheaves are in line and not above the forestay tang). On more than > one occasion, we have had great difficulty dousing the chute because of the > way the halyard is being led over the forestay - potentially very > dangerous. I am typically leaving the douse until I am almost at the > leeward mark and have therefor started rounding up by the time we start > bringing the kite down. I have to be doing something wrong! > > Jonathan > > > > -- > Jonathan > Indigo C&C 35III > SOUTHPORT CT > >
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