I hope you are not suggesting attaching it in any way to your pulpit, I think that would end badly.
I am in the concept stage of this, but with an anchor roller that will get me at least 20” ahead of the Headstay, and a gusset down the front of the stem. I personally like to keep the A sail ahead of the forestay, I’ve had too many trials of terror trying to get an asymmetrical un-wrapped from around a roller furled jib. I find it novel that we have gone from old boats with bowsprits, to clean looking bows, and then back to bowsprits, albeit a little different. Then from Gaff rigged sailboats to Marconi rigs, and now back to square-top Mains. Bill Coleman Entrada, Erie, PA From: David Knecht via CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2021 10:34 AM To: CnC CnC discussion list Cc: David Knecht Subject: Stus-List Asymmetical Spinnaker outside jibe 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
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