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bradminda
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Initially Posted - 06/09/2011 :  20:12:16  Show Profile
Having had my boat for many years I have just in the last year purchased an asymmetrical spinnaker. Use it twice lat season both were not the most enjoyable experiences when it came to tacking. Bet you can guess my question. How to tack the thing.
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 06/10/2011 :  05:40:28  Show Profile
By tacking, I'm assuming you mean gybing (downwind) which means all you need to do is release the sheet letting the spinnaker fly free out front of the forestay as your stern moves through the wind. When the spinnaker is on the other side, haul in the sheet.
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Response Posted - 06/10/2011 :  07:22:03  Show Profile
If you want to tack an asym it must be flown by the jib halyard inside the forestay. Most Asyms are flown by a spinnaker halyard forward of the forestay, (your bowstem fitting has 3 pin locations, the forestay goes on the middle one), so they are "gybed" around the front of the boat rather than tacked across the foredeck. The advantage of flying inside the forestay is you can get by with shorter sheets, but usually only drifters are flown inside the forestay... which is why I prefer them over Asyms.
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