[C38] Symetrical Spinnakers
William Knowles
whk1965 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 31 12:39:47 EDT 2012
Jay are you using the external spin block or an internal one say your spare
jib haylard, that could be a problem.
Bill
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Donald Strong <drstrong at ucdavis.edu>wrote:
>
> Jay: I feel for you man. We have had lots of spinny drama. We always
> roller furl the jib when flying
> spinnaker. The rest of your questions are beyond my experience.
> Don
>
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> > Hello All,
> >
> >
> >
> > We flew our 0.75 oz spinnaker for the first time yesterday during a
> > family sail and have a couple of questions for the group.
> >
> >
> >
> > 1. During the douse the spin halyard got stuck and
> > appeared to be caught on the roller furling gear near the masthead. Is
> > this common? Also, is it normal to roller furl the jib when using a
> > symmetrical chute or do you really need to drop it on deck? I race on a
> > Serendipity 43 and Swan 51 with a deck sweeper jibs that are dropped
> > when flying a chute, and on a J-105 that rolls the jib while flying an
> > asymmetrical, so having a roller furler and a symmetrical chute is new
> > to us.
> >
> > 2. While working to get the chute down we added a few
> > new tears to the many that were there previously so was going to put out
> > a call to anyone who might have a used symmetrical spinnaker(s)
> > (0.5-0.75oz) laying around that they are not using. Will pay a
> > reasonable price plus shipping!
> >
> > 3. And lastly, does anyone who uses very light
> > spinnaker sheets in light air have a preference for light weight
> > shackles. The plastic Lewmar ones we use on the Serendipity tend to
> > open up under load and I thought one of you may have a preferable
> > option?? Or maybe we'll just tie on light line!
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks much!
> >
> >
> >
> > Jay & Dorothy Sorensen
> >
> > C-38 #311 Broad Reach
> >
> > San Diego, CA
> >
> >
> >
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> > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span
> > style='font-size:10.0pt;
> > font-family:Arial'>We flew our 0.75 oz spinnaker for the first time
> > yesterday
> > during a family sail and have a couple of questions for the
> > group.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
> >
> > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span
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> > </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
> > size=2 face=Arial><span
> > style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>During the douse the spin
> > halyard
> > got stuck and appeared to be caught on the roller furling gear near the
> > masthead. Is this common? Also, is it normal to roller furl
> > the jib
> > when using a symmetrical chute or do you really need to drop it on deck?
> > I
> > race on a Serendipity 43 and Swan 51 with a deck sweeper jibs that are
> > dropped
> > when flying a chute, and on a J-105 that rolls the jib while flying an
> > asymmetrical, so having a roller furler and a symmetrical chute is new to
> > us.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
> >
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> > </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
> > size=2 face=Arial><span
> > style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>While working to get the chute
> > down
> > we added a few new tears to the many that were there previously so was
> > going to
> > put out a call to anyone who might have a used symmetrical spinnaker(s)
> > (0.5-0.75oz) laying around that they are not using. Will pay a
> > reasonable
> > price plus shipping!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
> >
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> > size=2 face=Arial><span
> > style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>And lastly, does anyone who
> > uses
> > very light spinnaker sheets in light air have a preference for light
> > weight
> > shackles. The plastic Lewmar ones we use on the Serendipity tend to
> > open
> > up under load and I thought one of you may have a preferable
> > option?? Or
> > maybe we’ll just tie on light
> > line!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
> >
> > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span
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> > much!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
> >
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> > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span
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> > Sorensen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
> >
> > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span
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> > Reach<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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