I would often fly a symmetric spinn from a tack line just the same way an asymmetric or cruising spinnaker is flown. The short answer is that if I had either, and a small budget, it would do for a cruising kite.
Andy C&C 40 Peregrine Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 > On Apr 14, 2014, at 9:19, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Andy, > > Racing chutes were traditionally symmetrical and required a pole. ​Cruising > chutes are generally asymmetrical and don't require a pole. Now many racers > only use asymms. > > Joel > > >> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Andy Blanchard <andyblanch...@hotmail.ca> >> wrote: >> Maybe off the topic but what is the differences between a racing spi or >> cruising ? does it really matter? >> >> cheers >> >> Andy >> >> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 10:15:41 -0500 >> From: capt...@gmail.com >> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> Subject: Re: Stus-List Spinnaker Stops >> >> Offset them an inch or two so they are not directly in the line between the >> exit and the turning block. That reduces the potential for the halyard to >> inadvertently slip into the cleat. >> >> Dennis C. >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Bill Coleman <colt...@verizon.net> wrote: >> The Port side goes aft to a clutch, and the SB is handled at the mast base. >> >> That is a really good idea, thanks, I think I will add a couple of those. >> >> >> >> >> >> Bill Coleman >> >> C&C 39 >> >> >> >> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. >> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 10:59 AM >> To: CnClist >> Subject: Re: Stus-List Spinnaker Stops >> >> >> >> Bill, >> >> Assuming your spin halyard is run aft, I've crewed on boats that have a cam >> cleat on the mast that can temporarily stop the halyard. The mast person is >> the only one doing the hoist. Eliminates the pit person having to tail the >> halyard. Once the chute is up, the halyard tail can be pulled through the >> rope clutch. Just have to remember to release it from the cam cleat before >> the drop. >> >> >> >> It can be set up so it pops out of the cleat when the halyard is ground >> tight by a cabin top winch. >> >> >> >> Dennis C. >> >> Touche' 35-1 #83 >> >> Mandeville, LA >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Bill Coleman <colt...@verizon.net> wrote: >> >> We are usually light handed on crew, and it is a big sail. If I had 8 great >> crew maybe I would be apt to launch bare in heavier air, but mostly we >> don't. >> Once on one of our Fall Cruise across the lake, one of the guys >> instinctively grabbed the Spinnaker halyard harder as it started to get >> away, and got some very bad burns, and it was only blowing 15. I like the >> control and relative safety of a banded sail. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the >> C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> > > > > -- > Joel > 301 541 8551 > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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