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Bruce Baker
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Initially Posted - 09/08/2006 :  10:55:36  Show Profile
I know this question has been asked before, but the answer is not in the tech tips: how long should the halyards and sheets be for a symetrical spinnaker? I have a standard rig.

I tried doing a search of old posts, but as has always been the case in my previous attempts at long searches, the search timed out and crashed without providing any hits.
Bruce Baker
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Response Posted - 09/08/2006 :  13:01:58  Show Profile
Heads up to clarify I think he is asking about a symetrical chute not an Asymetrical.
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 09/08/2006 :  13:19:02  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
I fly a symmetrical. Sheets should be 50 feet long each. You can get by with 40. I have two types. A 3/16 sheet for light air and a 3/8 for heavy. Basic rule for sheets is 2x boat length. My 40 foot sheets work fine. You need gloves with the 3/16 sheets.

My halyard is run to the cockpit. Racing, you need enough slack to take it around outside the hoisted genny. Non racing you do not. I would say halyard should be 75 feet.
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Response Posted - 09/10/2006 :  19:21:08  Show Profile  Visit Admin's Homepage
5/16 - enough to go from the cabin top edge, back to the transom and around the forestay back to the cabintop edge..... or 2x the boat length plus a few.... I occasionally launch out of the cabin like the J22's....


55 feet for me.
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