Good day, I finally found a pole for my recently acquired symmetrical spinnakers, and time to get the boat setup for spinnaker, and was hoping for some input from the group.
The boat has never been setup for spinnaker. 1. Baby stay - it is currently fixed and not adjustable and I believe the purpose is to introduce a bit of mid mast bend to flatten the sail, and also to prevent excessive mast flex when pounding up wind. I would think that this needs to be disengaged to make gybing possible. Any suggestions other than mounting a track on the cabin top? 2. Gybing - if I could temporary disengage baby stay I could dip gybe. End to end gybing may be possible if baby stays engaged. Does anybody have any experience with gybing asymmetrical on 33-2? 3. Downhaul - I could mount hardware on deck for downhaul (I would assume deck would be strong enough with just a backing plate? Or another option would be to run sheet and guy, and use the guy, with a forward lead, as a downhaul. Not sure if the angle would be sufficient, probably OK though. 4. Topping lift - there is an entrance maybe 2/3 up the mast. I would assume this has a sheave (I will go up the mast within the month, but wondering if anybody knows if there would be a sheave. I would think there would be but wanted to check. 5. Mast track - seems like lot’s of work was just thinking of a single attachment point head high(ish). Anyhow as you’ve gathered the boat was never setup for spinnaker. We will do some local club racing and also cruise, and looking for some input, or some good online resources to help me make the decisions on what needs to be done. Also we only have a pair of primaries and an addition pair is not in the short term plan. Thanks! Andy
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