Sailing with spinnaker

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daver360
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Sailing with spinnaker

Post by daver360 »

I bought a new doyle spinnaker and chutescoop. Took the boat out yesterday in light winds. Everything was going great till I decided to multitask and hoist the main. I was single handing. I don't have autopilot so the boat turned will I was messing with the ropes causing the spinnaker to tack and then get stuck on top the the jib halyard. The jib halyard got stuck as well as the chutescoop. What a mess! Any suggestions on ways to prevent your spinnaker getting stuck! I'll post a link for pictures, the spinnaker pics are at the bottom of the page. Thanks for the help!


http://dswarey.homestead.com/sailingpics2.html
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Bawgy
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Next time CHute the spin Turn into wind raise the main turn on a run tie off the helm dechute the spin
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