Let me add a little detail to Andy's directions below on how to drop an
asymmetrical spinnaker (based on when I owned a J-80). This keeps the sail
under control:
1) Head downwind to blanket the spinnaker with the main2) Open the hatch3) A
single crew member goes just forward of the open hatch, and sits on the
coach-roof facing the rail.4) Sheet in the spinnaker, so the foot is close to
the rail and can be grabbed by the crew5) Ease the tack quickly and steadily,
so the crew can gather the foot in concertina loops6) Ease the sheet so the
crew now has the full foot in their arms7) Ease the halyard quickly and
steadily so the crew can stuff the gathered spinnaker behind them and down the
hatch (the person who eased the tack and sheet can help with stuffing the sail
down the hatch).
Regards,
Damian Greene
1992 C&C 34 GHOSTBass Harbor, Maine
From: Andrew Burton via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Cc: Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, June 6, 2016 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Asymmetric chute
Hoist it to the masthead and use a longish tack line. Try to keep the luff
fairly tight so the sail doesn't drift off to leeward and become an air brake
when you're reaching.
To drop the sail, the easiest way is to turn downwind and then ease the tack
line and sheet it in tight behind the main. The main will blanket it so there
is no wind/pressure in the sail and you can ease the halyard and douse it even
in windy conditions with no trouble.
An even better solution is to get a spinnaker sock and follow the directions
for using that. The sock makes getting the spinnaker up and down on Peregrine a
snap to do by myself.
Andy
C&C 40
Peregrine
On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 11:45 PM, Bev Parslow via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
We have been given one. It is too short but it worked well as we have normally
three children on board. It is short on the luff so do we fly it high to the
top of the mast or lower to the deck? What is the process of getting it down?
Tack release, let sheets go, and then let down the halyard? What is the normal
way of doing it?
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