Those are some beefy up-fucker / down-fucker lines. I got some shitty 5mm lines on mine and they're bloody useless for pulling down the sock in 25 kts. I like your setup for releasing the tack. We've been releasing the clew and it doesn't de-power enough so it's like wrestling a very angry 15m crocodile that's determined to throw you overboard. I'm stealing that idea for when the wind gets up there.
Thanks dude- you explained it well, and showed reality instead of marketing hype- extremely well done! I am buying this exact set up, and have been researching. Bravo!
We have just bought a Hunter 273 with a cruising chute. Had a few problems pulling the sock up the sail. In our opinion the sock was too small at the lower part of the sail. it would bunch up, and even when the clew and sheets emerged, it still bunched up and snagged. So we cut 2.3m off the top of the sock. All works well now but the disadvantage is that you have quite a bit of the sail on the foredeck to handle before the sock is hoisted. Will be fitting some netting to the guard rails today to keep the sail on the deck. We want to do a bit of racing around the cans so reckon we will be able to deploy the chute in about 20 seconds once set up. Also going to colour the sock up haul to quickly identify which one to pull!
Pull sock down, move sheet, pull sock up. That's how I do it, but only because my second sheet got loose a few weeks back and wrapped itself around the propeller and we had to cut it up [crying intensifies].
I would have liked to get a better look at the shackle set-up you have in place on the bowsprit. Biggest challenge we have with our asymm is rigging the tack.
i prefer a tylaska brand trigger release snap shackle, i think i used a t-8 on this one but i am not sure. just use the recommended size for your spinnaker. Also, you can get a "spike" to help open it.
a couple ways, but what i usually do is just snuff it without releasing the tack and then pull it over. The concern on the gybe is that the snuffing sock gets hung up then you can't take it down. when off shore on long cruises in consistent wind though, you rarely gybe.
Hi, Your video is helpful, thanks. Can I add that if you really are crossing the Atlantic do you think its a good idea to do so without a life-jacket on or a safety line?
Thank you for sharing this video. As soon as the ice is off the lake (mid May here in Saskatchewan :)) I hope to be out trying the asymmetrical and sock I sewed up this winter. It will be a first time for me and this explains launching and retrieving in easy to understand terms. Now to sew up a bag like you have for storing the sail. Very much appreciated. Cheers.
Releasing the tack line could encourage the formation of the hour glass. Suggest this is only done in stronger winds. In light airs my snuffer (sock) always seems to come down OK and I never get a wrap in the sail
Thanks for the video! We don't have too much issue gybing our asymmetric but dropping it can be a pain. I like the approach of dumping the idea of dumping the tack to help drop it. Those quick release shackles are quite punchy $$$ so going to try to use the line we're currently using run back to a cleat :-)
