Jim,
To digress a moment, what can you hoist without a backstay? My Capri 16
has no backstay and I am thinking of something like a reaching spinnaker
for San Diego's light evening winds. I am usually a sunset sailor. I
start out with decent wind, but on the return trip, usually downwind,
the wind is decreasing and light. So some sort of poleless spinnaker
seems appropriate. I would also like to use it for upwind, even if not
close hauled, hence, a reaching spinnaker. Comments and suggestions,
please.
-- Steve Barnes sailing a Capri 16, and saleing a Potter 14, in San Diego.OLDSURFDUDE