To add: 99% of the time I am doing this in light air under autopilot. If the wind is heavy enough to make the boat squirrely under Otto I'll use the genoa instead. To lower I'll usually pop the shackle off the tack and use the sheet to pull the sail into the cockpit. I tend to raise the sail from the mast and then run the halyard aft to lower it from the cockpit. In real light air it is easy enough to lower it onto the foredeck if you want to. In a race with DDW legs the boats with poles will beat you AND you might take a PHRF* hit for being "different" - this is a cruising technique. There really is nothing quite as nice as making good way in light air under the awning with a cold drink watching the chute while everyone else is going downwind in a cloud of exhaust.
* I wonder if anyone would want to make a "cruising chute asym class" where you don't use bowsprits and set the downwind legs with offset marks. Might be a lot more fun than JAM racing on a light air day and still be doable with a small crew. Joe Della Barba Coquina From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Frederick G Street Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 11:06 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Cruising Spinnaker I forgot to mention that Pete Shelquist from this list is selling me a used chute scoop, so I'll add that to the rig. Up until now, if the wind piped up, we had to just let the sheet fly and try to stuff the spin down the forehatch. The scoop should help me out with dousing, and maybe even allow me to fly the spin when single-handing. Also, I DO have a fixed spinnaker pole; but I've never used it, and it's been living off the boat in storage for several years, as it just got underfoot. If anyone has a need for it, let me know -- I'd rather have a whisker pole for the sailing I do. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Feb 25, 2013, at 9:57 AM, Rich Knowles <r...@sailpower.ca<mailto:r...@sailpower.ca>> wrote: That sounds very similar to the setup I use with my asymmetrical, Fred. I had not thought of using the symmetrical that way. Now that my engine is rebuilt and I may get some sailing in, I'll give it a whirl. Rich Knowles Indigo. LF38 Halifax
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