As someone who does the pointy end on multiple racing boats, I fully concur. Almost all of the FUBAR kite moments are down to the ham-fisted monkey at the blunt end [😉]
Cheers, Paul. 1974 27' MkII Sidney, BC. ________________________________ From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> on behalf of David Kaseler via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: December 5, 2016 6:09 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: David Kaseler; Michael Brown Subject: Re: Stus-List Spinnaker pole handling Turns out, in my view, the success of spinnaker set, gybe and take down is controlled at the helm. When the boat is correctly driven through the maneuver the job on the foredeck is much more manageable. Please don't tell my wife the skipper. Dave. K SLY 1975 C&C 33 Sent from my iPad
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