Jonathan, First thing I'd recommend you do is to install a spinnaker halyard parker cleat. Get one of these:
<http://www.apsltd.com/spinnaker-halyard-parking-bracket.html?___SID=U> Add a camcleat and bolt it to your mast so your mastman can hoist the chute, "park" the halyard and move on to other tasks. The halyard can be tidied up later. The way it works is the camcleat opening faces the mast. During the hoist, the mastman is pulling the halyard down and outboard. When he lets go, the halyard is cleated. When to tidy up by taking out slack after the turning block, the halyard will be uncleated as it is pulled towards the mast. I'll let others pipe in on the crew assignments. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 8:16 AM, Indigo via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I have a fairly green crew - and I put myself in that category when it > comes to spinnaker handling - and we are trying to move more permanently > into the beer can spinnaker division - using a symmetrical spinnaker. > > I am looking for help in defining specific jobs / task responsibilities to > my crew so at least to start, they get to know set of jobs and do them well > > I think I have the "standard" set up for 35mk iii s > > Roller furled jib > Spin halyard to base of mast and winch on cabin top just aft of mast on > port side > I use guys and sheets - no twings > Pole topping lift brought aft to clutch on starboard cabin top > Pole down haul brought aft to clam clear on starboard side of cockpit > coming > Self tailing primaries aft with non-self tailing secondaries forward > > I am not short of crew, but ideally would like to have clear assignments > for six or seven individuals - though we often have a couple extra > available. > > I would like to prepare (plagiarize if someone has this already!!) a table > with "positions" in the left column and then a series of columns for > "upwind" "hoist" "trim" "gybe" "douse" etc. and then each cell would define > the job or jobs assigned to each position during that maneuver. > > While I am sure some of this is generic, I feel that the boat layout > requires the assignments to be tailored so that crew don't get in each > other's way > > Anybody got anything already prepared that I could use as a starting point? > > As always - grateful in advance for the individual and collective wisdom > of this group. > > > -- > Jonathan > Indigo C&C 35III > SOUTHPORT CT > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > >
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