Great, thanks gentlemen - very helpful. So, I would assume the tack downhaul block aft of the furler is attached to the two u-bolts on deck where, on Windstar, there are currently two snap shackles permanently mounted. (Used for halyards, pre-Furler?). Basically at the top of the chain plate. The tack downhaul would, in practice fly between the Furler drum and pulpit, aft of the pulpit, harmlessly massaging the Furler drum. I have one of those web-strap deals that can slide up and down the furled Jenny. Used on my spin halyard.
I have the foredeck padeye, fair leads and cam cleat on stbd side of cabin top. Stock I believe. The halyard. I can't think of any reason that I need three headsail halyards lead aft. Can you guys think of any reason NOT to have one of the wing halyards permanently belayed at the mast, and the other run back to the cockpit? This would allow for crewed/non crewed spinnaking, less cabin-top clutter. (Anyone tamed that?) Last question - by any chance, did you note the length/dia of the sheets? The sail will probably be bagged for the winter, but at least I can get prepared! (A-Spin is .75oz, 74.07 m sq., FYI. Custom, not stock, so fitted to I 13.56m, j 3.98m.) Thanks again! Dave. : Fri, 9 Sep 2016 21:57:22 -0400 From: Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Asymmetric spinnaker short handed. 33-2? Message-ID: <2ffb2a24-86a2-4fe3-9eb0-25b2e0836...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I take my tack to a block just aft of the furler. I also have a wide web that wraps around the furled headsail and keeps the tack near centerline. Ease the tack as you get further downwind. Halyard definitely at the mast. Yes, use the outer halyards. On a three-halyard masthead only the "wings" can be used for the spinnaker, but all should work for the white sails. Cheers Andy Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 11:10:55 -0300 From: <amira...@bellaliant.net> To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Asymmetric spinnaker short handed. 33-2? Message-ID: <7E6566F8DD764B869CF73E0B27AC5263@T60> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I have the same tack setup on my 33ii as described by Andrew Burton; a block just aft of the furler led to a cam cleat on the stbd side of the cockpit. My halyards are all led aft to the cabin top, PITA when raising the gennaner but I have a cleat on the side of the mast which I use to temporarily tie off the halyard. Make sure you drop the sock on the same side you raised it on or you may have an issue with a halyard wrap. Mike Amirault C&C33ii Lovely Cruise SMSC > On Sep 9, 2016, at 18:06, Dave via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Just ordered my cruising chute from Rolly Tasker in Thailand and am looking > forward to trying it out.. Probably next season. Have flown my symmetrical > a few times singlehanded. > Considering how to do this on Windstar and am curious about how others have > addressed a few things: > -Halyard at cockpit. In this case it might make sense to have halyard at > mast - this way halyard, and spin-sock can be dealt with together. > -Halyard at masthead. On the 33-2 there are three halyards available, all > are in-masthead sheaves, parallel to each other . I currently use the > centre one for the Genoa, and any other halyard chafes its neighbour on one > tack. > -Tack downhaul. There isn't one forward of the furler drum. The downhaul > itself can be rigged using the spin-pole downhaul line, fair leads and > cleats, but the fixed, forward tack is a problem to be resolved. > Many thanks for any guidance! > Dave - Windstar 33-2
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