[C38] spinnaker moratorium

[D McC]

Reading all of these comments about the wife not too enthralled about sailing just when the sailing is getting good makes me thankful that Herself is the first one on board to whoop when the sailing gets good and I'm thinking about reefing. 
As for the spinnaker, we fly it whenever we can but when Herself and I are double handing we often tack it to the anchor roller and avoid sailing too deep. Not too efficient but fun.  With a full crew we rig the pole and go for it ... still avoiding going too deep ... our boats sail like beach balls with rudders when sailing deep or dead downwind ... We are rigging a reaching strut this year to avoid deforming stanchions when we head up with the chute still flying. 
Another question: Whatever happened to the blooper ??? It is now banned in class racing, but my understanding is that it was developed to counteract the tendency of IOR boats to yaw and round up/down when sailing downwind under spinnaker.  I have considered rigging one (if I can find a used one on the cheap) to see how the boat sails close to and dead downwind. More research on this one..

Fair Winds,

Dave

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From: Steve Smolinske <SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com>
To: Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>
Sent: Tue, May 25, 2010 1:37:24 PM
Subject: Re: [C38] spinnaker moratorium


My wife wonders why we need to spend money on sails when the 
motor works just fine..


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[mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of Steven 
Ribble
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 1:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [C38] spinnaker moratorium

...and I thought I was the only one with a nervous gal! 

Steve 


On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 12:18 PM, PAUL NOTTE <panotte at shaw.ca> wrote:

At least your wife will get on board with your sails raised . My wife 
>  gets very nervous when the engine is shut down as soon as that happens she 
>  starts donning every piece of survival gear on the boat. I recognize this is 
>  probably my fault so we have signed her up for sailing lessons this summer. 
>  The lesson is I am a crappy teacher.  
>  As for speakers in the cockpit I enjoy the sound of the water 
>  streaming past the boat far to much to install them.
>  
>  Paul
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