Ok. I understand the rule. It's simpler in the newer rules. But why does a spinnaker have to have one clew free flying? Why do they have this rule? It doesn't apply to Comanche or Law Connect or the other hundred footers that sheet their assyms to a strut. Chuck S
> On 01/01/2026 1:25 AM EST Don Kern via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Rule 50.3 Use of Outriggers > (a) No sail shall be sheeted over or through an outrigger, except as > permitted in rule 50.3(b) or 50.3(c). An outrigger is any fitting or other > device so placed that it could exert outward pressure on a sheet or sail at a > point from which, with the boat upright, a vertical line would fall outside > the hull or deck. For the purpose of this rule, bulwarks, rails and rubbing > strakes are not part of the hull or deck and the following are not > outriggers: a bowsprit used to secure the tack of a sail, a bumkin used to > sheet the boom of a sail, or a boom of a boomed headsail that requires no > adjustment when tacking. > (b) Any sail may be sheeted to or led above a boom that is regularly used for > a sail and is permanently attached to the mast from which the head of the > sail is set. > (c) A headsail may be sheeted or attached at its clew to a spinnaker pole or > whisker pole, provided that a spinnaker is not set. > > BNC as she was finishing was definitely flying an Asym Spinnaker (Mid > 75% > of foot) attached to the bow and a spinnaker pole. It was not an Headsail > (Mid <75% foot) and a spinnaker needs to have one clew free flying. > > Don Kern > Fireball, C&C35 Mk2 > Bristol, RI > > On 1/1/2026 12:38 AM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List wrote: > > > The sail is a gennaker so it is not rated as a spinnaker. > > > > Joel > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List > > <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It was one hell of a race. The images are amazing. > > > > > > The first to finish, doublehander, BNC, got penalized for using a whisker > > > pole to prop up the clew of their assymetric. What a beautiful sight to > > > see the boat so well balanced flying dead downwind in total control. > > > > > > It must be for safety reasons, but I don't understand why. Can anyone > > > explain why the sailing rules 55.3 forbid this use of a pole? > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Chuck S > > > November is the time of the year when my Internet bills come in. It's > > > also the time when you can show your appreciation of this list and the > > > C&C Photo Album. Please help by making a small contribution using PayPal > > > at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/stumurray All contributions are > > > greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > November is the time of the year when my Internet bills come in. It's also > > the time when you can show your appreciation of this list and the C&C Photo > > Album. Please help by making a small contribution using PayPal at: > > https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/stumurray All contributions are greatly > > appreciated. > > > November is the time of the year when my Internet bills come in. It's also > the time when you can show your appreciation of this list and the C&C Photo > Album. Please help by making a small contribution using PayPal at: > https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/stumurray All contributions are greatly > appreciated. >
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