Bruno, I tried what you are thinking about. It didn’t work. Dennis is right, you do not want three feet of halyard swinging your chute around – it does not get pretty. And, if you have the pole hoisted up in the air to get the chute hoisted all the way, you have a higher center of effort for that chute and it will move around, which is what you don’t want in heavy weather. The ultimate trick would be to have a separate halyard attached three feet down the mast just for that chute, but on our masthead boats, you will get all tangled up with the forestay. Sorry.
Gary – 30-1 From: Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 3:56 PM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Dennis C. <capt...@gmail.com> Subject: Stus-List Re: Heavy spinnaker sizing vs medium/light for 33-2 A heavy weather chute should have narrow shoulders. It should be fully hoisted. Failure to fully hoist in heavy weather will increase the potential for oscillation and loss of control. While we're on heavy weather spin flying, on Touche', we never ever let the center seam cross to the weather side of the forestay. That is, we prefer a slightly reaching trim as opposed to a dead downwind trim. Trimming the chute's center seam to weather of the forestay increases the chances of oscillation and ultimately a death roll. I'd rather broach than do a death roll! To answer the question, talk to your sailmaker. This chute sounds a wee bit short to me. -- Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 11:22 AM Joel Aronson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: Bruno, Sounds about right. Just don't hoist the chute to the masthead. Joel On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 10:42 AM Bruno Lachance via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: Question for the spinnaker gurus of the group: The light/medium sym spinfor my 33-2 has a luff/leech lenght of 44 ft and a foot of 23.3 ft. This is a sail designed for this boat I'm looking at a used spin that seems to be a heavier cloth, that would be used as a S-3. The dimensions are Luff: 40.8 / foot: 21.5
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