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Watched you guys for sometime, but somehow missed this one. We are in the process of learning our new boat that has an asymmetrical spinnaker. So happy your video was the first one i saw on it's use. You guys are so very good at explaining things!
Can you expound on the type and size of the pole you use? It appears to be a telescoping whisker pole with storage on a track on the mast. The loads from controlling the tack on your asymmetric are obviously ok for this set-up or am I wrong and the pole is a fixed regular spin pole? Do you have some apparent wind limits on polling the tack of your asymmetric? We want to have just one pole for both a wing on wing main-Genoa and to sail deeper like you show with the asymmetric but have heard conflicting opinions. Thanks and love your tips and tricks!!
We love your channel and just discovered this very helpful video, thank you. Our Passport 47 came with an asymmetric spinnaker but we have not used it yet. That's about to change!!
Your pole is a standard spin pole? Longer than your J length? Any issues with it being long enough to pole out your Genoa wing on wing? No dedicated whisker for that I reckon? Thanks!
Great Video. Looks like you know what you are talking about. I am a singlehanded cruiser on a 31 ft (HR 31 Monsun) boat and my asymmetrical is the sail I enjoy most. As I single hand I installed a top down furler and I am really happy with it. BUT ;-) .... Once I sail 150 deg or deeper I either have to take the mainsail down or put it on the other side. Which requires then at least a 160-165 deg angle to not backwind the mainsail which I of course have on a preventer. Sometime when the wind is a bit fickle I just take the mainsail down as it can get too stressful keeping an eye on it. Now I am thinking if I could use the method you do with the tack on the pole, that would be great and give me much better options and stability at least up to lets say 160. That would be awesome. But my tack of course is fixed on the furler disc on the bowsprit. Anybody, any idea of how I could still do this ?
Excellent you two! I'm in El Salvador on a mooring ball getting some work done and want to add a spinnaker set up for my 1989 Island packet 35. It doesn't have a halyard for a spinnaker. working on an external block at the mast head???
Did you mean to say you jaw the pole onto the tack line and attach a sheet to the jaw, or are you looping the sheet through the jaw, clipping onto the tack, and then unclipping the tack line from the tack and then onto the jaw? I suppose each way has its benefits or have you found the latter to be best? Love your videos.
I took my first sailing lesson a couple of years ago, set off on an extended voyage one year ago. Decided to take on the Atlantic last November and desperately wanted/needed to fly the asymmetric that came with the boat, but don't know how. I've watched numerous videos but this is the only one that's explained it in such detail that I will now fly the chute the next opportunity. Thanks guys.
Not clear to me how you are raising the pole. I guess you have another line aloft. I have a halyard for spinnaker, main and Genoa. They are all in use. Do I need to hold the pole up?
You don't have a topping lift? Need that, a down haul, working and lazy guys and sheets for spinnaker flying. Never tried it but maybe your lifelines could hold the pole level enough.
Hi Guys. My wife and I have enjoyed your videos for years, when we have both time and access to good WiFi. Thank you for producing such informative and pleasurable works of AV art. We are full-time cruisers, too, presently in Ireland, leaving for the UK in late April or early May, and hoping our paths will cross when you return to Portsmouth. With respect to this video, in particular, I returned to it today as we recently bought an almost new asymmetric spinnaker that we will use to fill the void of our beloved reacher/drifter that finally succumbed to years of use. My question is, you provided a great tip in this video for using the spinnaker pole to enable you to bear off the wind to a deeper reach or run; do you have any tips for how to eek out a few more degrees into the wind to sail higher than a beam reach? With our old drifter, we could get to about 60-70° off the wind, and we could also pole it out like a genoa and goose wing it opposite the mainsail to go dead downwind. Thanks for any suggestions. Safe travels for your upcoming Atlantic crossing. David Lane S/V AT FIRST SIGHT
All very sensible and reasonable technique, well presented. Showing how to do this so clearly is very valuable to the sailing community. Thanks for sharing! Having a racing background definitely helps in making it second nature and well-practiced, which in turn makes it easier to use the asymmetrical for cruising. I think non-racers may be a bit intimidated by the relative complexity compared to a roller furled headsail and lazy-jacked main. Good focus on using appropriate wind angles to haul, douse and fly the sail. Like others, really liked the ratchet block idea for converting the dousing with sock motion to a downward force. Much safer this way and smart. Using the pole to go deep downwind is the same as symmetrical spinnaker technique, and a good idea. Using the tweaker is like a movable jib fairlead to adjust sail shape and also a good idea. CORRECTION: for the port tack shown in the video and diagrams, the launch and douse angles should have been 200 and the flying angle 240, respectively, not 160 and 120. (Presumably the script was written for a starboard tack.)
Really good better than the North sails version esp mentioning block for snuffer lines which we have ! Would be embarrassing to let go of the snuffer lines when hoisting and see them float away to windward out of reach .
Do you have two lines on the snuffer? IE one for uphaul and one for downhaul? Or just one continuous line? If just one, how do you get the ratcheting block onto the line (or is it installed permanently?)
The sock line seemed to be a loop, and I saw it already rigged in a block on the video. In other words, they stowed and deployed the sail with the sock line already looped into a block. They clipped or tied the block to the cleat or deck rail. (A line would be less noisy than a clip.)
I stopped using markers for putting position marks on lines. They never last. Instead I'll just whip a section of the line about 1-1.5cm (1/2") in a contrasting color. For my headsail furling line for example I have 1 whipped marker at "first reef" and two with a 1cm gap at "second reef". My spinnaker halyard (I'm using a top down furler) has one mark that sits right at the rope clutch for the proper initial tension. The whipping lasts forever and doesn't jam in clutches, runs smoothly through blocks.
Really lovely video making... Congrats. Keep it up... You guys are great at this.. Produce more. Love it! Stef Juncker Cape Town Parapax tandem paragliding
I realize by seeing your video that I underestimede the right use of a spinnaker, a really very instructive vid Thank you so much from Belgium! Fare and safe winds!
Thanks for showing all aspects from start to finish. Most videos take for granted that we know the small details. As a intermediate sailor but Spi beginner I learned and understood a lot more. Cheers from 🇨🇦
