Chuck,
Sorry for the wording, what I meant was the "Free Flying" with an Asym
spinnaker that is tacked to the bow or a strut on bow's centerline, the
clew had to be attached to a sheet and can not be held outboard of the
hull by a spin pole.
Don Kern
/Fireball,/ C&C35 Mk2
Bristol, RI*
*
On 1/1/2026 2:51 PM, CHARLES SCHEAFFER wrote:
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]> 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
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