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JJ Falkanger is rumored to have mumbled....
I just received my new Asymmetrical Spinnaker. What do I use
for a tack fitting? I have a jib downhaul I could use, or do
I just tack the tack like a jib? I can't find anything
specific in the West Marine catalog for this. What to do?
JJ:
I think you can use the existing downhaul block -- provided it is large
enough to carry the load. {An intuitive problem since the load is
distributed between the block, the forestay, the halyard and the sheets
-- it makes my rusty vector analysis skills shrink at the thought.) I
use my downhaul block as well as my 3/16" downhaul line. The line seems
plenty strong enough, but it is a bit hard to handle because of its
small size.
Don't forget to attach the single piston hank at the tack over the
forestay. It slides up and down the forstay --- otherwise the sail get
a bits hard to handle when you let out the clew.
Sneak up on the wind -- i.e. don't go flying the thing the first time in
a 15 knot wind. The sail can turn into a raging beast in high winds if
you are not on good terms with it....
Regards
Rye
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JJ Falkanger is rumored to have mumbled....
I just received my new Asymmetrical Spinnaker. What do I use for a tack fitting? I have a jib downhaul I could use, or do I just tack the tack like a jib? I can't find anything specific in the West Marine catalog for this. What to do?JJ:
I think you can use the existing downhaul block -- provided it is large enough to carry the load. {An intuitive problem since the load is distributed between the block, the forestay, the halyard and the sheets -- it makes my rusty vector analysis skills shrink at the thought.) I use my downhaul block as well as my 3/16" downhaul line. The line seems plenty strong enough, but it is a bit hard to handle because of its small size.
Don't forget to attach the single piston hank at the tack over the forestay. It slides up and down the forstay --- otherwise the sail get a bits hard to handle when you let out the clew.
Sneak up on the wind -- i.e. don't go flying the thing the first time in a 15 knot wind. The sail can turn into a raging beast in high winds if you are not on good terms with it....
Regards
Rye
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