Sorry for the late reply - yes, there are some differences with the symmetrical spinnaker, but the same principles.
First step is to get rid of the pole. As you're coming in on starboard, trip the pole and fly the chute without it. Mast position keeping a hand on the guy will help stabilize, but it's possible without unless you're coming in really hot. Drop the pole and clear the foreguy back so that you can gybe. If there's time, drop the mast end of the pole too, but the genoa should be able to go over it in the gybe (make sure the fore hatch is open before the pole goes all the way down). Unfurl the genoa (to port) - you can leave this fairly late, to just before the gybe if you're confident it will come out and be trimmed quickly. I don't think you can do it to starboard like you can with the small 109 jibs, but that might be worth a try. 3. Trim the spinnaker sheet tight and gybe the main and genoa - starting fairly wide of the mark so that you can turn in tight. 4. Drop the spinnaker, with foredeck hauling it round the forestay so it falls onto the trimmed genoa and down the hatch. I hope this helps... Tim On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Indigo <ind...@thethomsons.us> wrote: > Tim > Thanks for this advice. I think mine is a standard rug like yours I have > sheaves for two spin halyards but only have one halyard. Perhaps I should > re purpose one of the jib halyards which never gets used! I am reasonably > familiar with the Mexican on a j109 (asym and sprit of course) but not sure > I can envision it with a pole and symetrical > > With the j109 we unfurl the jib as we approach the mark and sheet it in > tight on the starboard side (still approaching on a starboard tack (spin on > the port side) > > As we gybe we harden up on the spin sheet and as we pass stern through the > wind the main gybes and the spinnaker collapses into the tight ( port side > ) of the job. Release the halyard, tack and sheet to douse spinnaker > straight down hatch > > So my confusion is. with the sym spinnaker how to unfurl the jib on the > starboard side with the pole in the way? > > Apologies to all for my ignorance! > > > -- > Jonathan > Indigo C&C 35III > SOUTHPORT CT > >
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