Bruce:
You can still do a dip pole jibe with a babystay..just disconnect
the baby stay before the spinnaker is raised and connect it when it is
doused. You don't need the baby stay flying a chute.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2017-07-02 10:29 AM, Bruce Whitmore via
Whether you do dip pole or end for end gybes, you would need a way to
either disconnect the baby stay or move it back to the mast before you
gybe. The baby stay is not needed when sailing off the wind. (My boat has
a track, with the baby stay attached to a car, and a rope clutch holding
the stay
Thanks everyone for your input! Based on what was said, I'll agree that what
we have is a symmetrical spinnaker. At this point, there is no ring nor a
track on the front of the mast onto which to mount a slide car ring.
There is also a babystay to contend with, which presumably would not
Bruce - maybe I missed something here, but if you have no pole attachment
on the mast, I would strongly suspect that your spinnaker is an
asymmetrical. I did not see reference to a pole (or topping lift or
downhaul) as being part of the boat's gear, which supports this, as does
your reference to
Thank-you Fred, it's very encouraging to hear that 44 owners out there are
not dealing with any serious failures. I will definitely post up anything
outstanding from the survey. I know her portlights and hatches are all
original but not leaking (currently). I'm thinking they had them re-bedded
at
Most of what Josh said is correct. However, all symmetrical spinnakers I
have seen have the numbers on both sides of the spinnaker, so you don't
have to be concerned about which side is port and which side is
starboard.Before you buy any necessary gear for the spinnaker, learn about
end for end
