That won't be a problem...at least it wasn’t for me on my 40 and now on my Baltic 47, both of which have the kite tacked just aft of the headstay. If you do it right, that outside gybe is way easier than an inside gybe. I used to set, douse, and gybe the kite on my 40 singlehanded. Andy
Andrew Burton 26 Beacon Hill Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 > On Mar 8, 2021, at 10:34, David Knecht via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > I have been thinking about ordering long sheets for my “reacher" (A sail) to > be able to do outside jibes. All the videos I have seen for this technique > have the spinnaker tack on a sprit or attached forward of the headstay. That > seems pretty simple, but I don’t have an attachment point there. My tack can > either be attached directly to a padeye on the deck behind the forestay or to > a strap around the furled headsail and then to the padeye. I think that > means that every time I jibe, the tack line will wrap around the headstay. > Is that a problem? I could douse with the sock and redeploy after jibe > (sounds slow for racing) or add an attachment point to the pulpit for a block > so I am forward of the headstay. Am I missing something? How do others > without sprits do this? Dave > > S/V Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > <pastedGraphic.tiff> > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
