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seads
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Initially Posted - 07/29/2003 :  13:26:46  Show Profile
Does anyone have experience flying a cruising spinnaker from a jib halyard? I have a freed up jib halyard after we put a CDI furler on our boat and would like to get a cruising spinnaker to use. I know that, unlike with a dedicated spinnaker halyard with which the sail crosses ahead of the forestay when jibing, you have to cross the sail through the fore-triangle to prevent twisting of the jib halyard around the forestay. Who has done this and what do you think? Thanks!

Stewart Eads
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Response Posted - 07/29/2003 :  13:48:33  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
Halyard or sheet line ????

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seads
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Response Posted - 07/29/2003 :  23:32:56  Show Profile
It is quite possible that I am being dense, but I don't understand your question. If you have a cruising (asymmetrical) spinnaker hoisted on a jib halyard, the sail has to cross through the foretriangle when jibing since the jib halyard is inside of the forestay at the top of the mast, right?

http://sailingsource.com/neilpryde/newslet/19/19-trim.htm

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Bryan Beamer
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Response Posted - 07/30/2003 :  00:48:55  Show Profile
Why a cruising spinnaker? Have you thought about a drifter? Here is a thread from the General section about headsail choices.

http://www.catalina25-250.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4160

We have a drifter on our C250. We tack and jibe it just like a regular jib. We also have a CDI furler and we use the unused jib halyard for the drifter.






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It can be done, you'll have to gybe as if it were a big jib. The spinaker cloth is a bit more fragile than a regular sail though, so you'll want to avoid letting it snap around the mast and banging the shrouds and stanchions. The better bet would be to buy a block and 50 feet of line and add a spin halyard.

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Response Posted - 07/30/2003 :  10:04:43  Show Profile
I flew my cghute like that before i had a new halyard installed. a lot of people told me it could be bad fopr the chute or the sock because of wear and tear as it would rub against the forstay. i only did it for a few sails and din't have a problem

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Bill Holcomb
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Response Posted - 07/30/2003 :  12:13:30  Show Profile
Hi Stewart,

The easy answer is YES, you can use a jib halyard to fly a cruising chute. If you jibe the chute, remember that all of the jibes need to be on the same side of the forestay......either inside or outside. Don't mix 'em up and have some inside & some outside. Mixing them up will almost certainly lead to wrapping the halyard around the forestay above the top of the furler. You might not be able to douse the chute when you want to.

Since you don't need the jib halyard, it would be easy to avoid the forestay problems by securing a spinnaker halyard block on the most forward clevis pin on the mast cap (as designed). Then lead your halyard forward from its top sheeve and through the spinnaker block. Doing this would re-rig your jib halyard as a spinnaker halyard.

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