I actually have what my former sail maker called a reaching kite which I think
could be similar to your Single Luff Spinnaker although it might just be a
smaller symmetric kite--I need to have a close look at it. The sail maker never
referred to it as an A-kite.
My usual masthead kite is PHRF legal and with big shoulders for the downwind
stuff. However, without a full AND knowledgeable crew and unless the air is
very light, it can be a bear to control, hoist, drop and jibe. Unless the
breeze is extremely light, reaching with it is courting disaster.
With the pole forward as when reaching, the forces involved in flying it as
such that we have the additional complication of switching the kite guy/sheets
to our primary winches and clearing the headsail sheets from these winches as
we hoist and fly it and then have to reverse the sheets as we drop it. Our kite
sheets are only Lewmar 30s while the primary are Lewmar 50s.
I have a carbon pole so we usually end for end it (we tried dipping it but my
foredeck crew never quite got the hang of it!) but someone or something usually
goes awry and the fleet goes by us! Hence my interest in a kite that is fast,
legal and can be handled by less crew.
Thanks for your help,
Charlie NelsonWater PhantomNew Bern, NC
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Subject: Stus-List Re: asail flown from spinnaker pole
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div.yiv7192566384Section1 {}#yiv7192566384 I would say it is about the same
size as the Sym sail, as the Luffis a little longer, and the leech a little
shorter. I wouldn’t compare it to any of the A-0 – A-3 sails, They seemto be
flatter. When he first started making these, he just called them SingleLuff
Spinnaker. The leech is just slightly flatter. And Yes, I would attach the
tack to the bow, then dip the poleto the other side, and reattach. Bill
Coleman Entrada, Erie, PA From: Charlie Nelson viaCnC-List
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Subject: Stus-List Re: asail flown from spinnaker pole Great photos and
speed evidently! Was your A sail larger than your S kite and what number
would youconsider it--A0, A1, A2, etc? If/when you need to jibe, do you
reposition the pole to the otherside of the forestay similar to a usual S-kite
jibe? I would think that theforestay would be at risk if the pole had a chance
to collide with it. Charlie Nelson Water Phantom
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Subject: Stus-List Re: asail flown from spinnaker pole Yes, regulation J. In
this picture, if it is big enough, looks like the pole was3 feet above the
pulpit. https://www.erieyachtclub.org/fleets/race-fleet-home-page The
sailmaker put about a 4 foot pennant on the tack, which Iwould use when
reaching. If you can open this, it show it with the pennant only.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16BfCJCujdg653JXzAPWQr3mRtS0k0mw6/view?usp=sharing
If I was just going to stick the pole inside the pulpit, I wouldjust tack it
to the bow instead of messing with the pole. If I startedout with the pennant,
and the wind went straight behind, I would use a 4 partdownhaul to hold the
tack, while I attached the pole to it. Bill Coleman Entrada, Erie, PA
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