I was just pointed to this site for a description of the process. Sounds pretty easy to gybe, for those who already do a full spinnaker.
http://www.epsails.com/Gybing_an_Asymmetric.htm Bob > On 01/30/2021 1:13 PM Charlie Nelson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > > > 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 Nelson > Water Phantom > New Bern, NC > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Coleman via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > To: 'Stus-List' <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Bill Coleman <colt...@gmail.com> > Sent: Sat, Jan 30, 2021 12:11 pm > Subject: Stus-List Re: asail flown from spinnaker pole > > I would say it is about the same size as the Sym sail, as the Luff is a > little longer, and the leech a little shorter. > I wouldn’t compare it to any of the A-0 – A-3 sails, They seem to be > flatter. When he first started making these, he just called them Single Luff > Spinnaker. The leech is just slightly flatter. > > And Yes, I would attach the tack to the bow, then dip the pole to the > other side, and reattach. > > Bill Coleman > Entrada, Erie, PA > From: Charlie Nelson via CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com] > Sent: Friday, January 29, 2021 11:26 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: cenel...@aol.com > 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 you > consider it--A0, A1, A2, etc? > > If/when you need to jibe, do you reposition the pole to the other side of > the forestay similar to a usual S-kite jibe? I would think that the forestay > would be at risk if the pole had a chance to collide with it. > > Charlie Nelson > Water Phantom > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Coleman via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > To: 'Stus-List' <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Bill Coleman <colt...@gmail.com> > Sent: Fri, Jan 29, 2021 3:57 pm > Subject: Stus-List Re: asail flown from spinnaker pole > > Yes, regulation J. > In this picture, if it is big enough, looks like the pole was 3 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 I would 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 would just > tack it to the bow instead of messing with the pole. If I started out with > the pennant, and the wind went straight behind, I would use a 4 part downhaul > to hold the tack, while I attached the pole to it. > > Bill Coleman > Entrada, Erie, PA > > > > > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help > with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help > with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu >
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