Want a Better Way to Pack a Spinnaker? Try This!!!

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In this video we demonstrate how to pack a spinnaker into a box-style bag.
The goal is to have the spinnaker pull out of the bag on hoist without any twists or knots.
A stuff-style bag is similar, except you don't have the benefit of being able to attach the spinnaker to the bag, and you can't leave the spinnaker fully packed on deck and connect all the lines.
For those reasons alone a box-style bag is well worth the investment!
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9 июл 2024

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@HughLarkin-dw8dx Год назад

Lets talk about doing this downstairs in the cabin when the boat is nose diving through upwind waves stuff (empty beer cans) is dislodging underfoot and the skipper is panicking as you are approaching the windward mark for a second set. You as the designated foredeck guy have to run the tapes repack and then rerun the sheets because the rest of the crew wants to sit on the rail smoke cigarellos and give restaurant reviews. Oh, and "if you get a chance can you bring up another round for the boys?"

@SailingTipsCa Год назад

You're clearly a ticketed member of the Foredeck Union and understand the role very well!!! I'm also a foredecker who in an unusual twist also happens to be skipper, albeit one who prefers somebody else to helm. We also often sail double-handed so I do my re-packing while kneeling in the cockpit with the kite down the companionway while simultaneously looking around for things not to crash into and strategizing about the next move.

@HughLarkin-dw8dx Год назад

@@SailingTipsCa Hah. A multitasker. I have led expletive laden labor revolts from the foredeck at times.

@SailingTipsCa Год назад

@@HughLarkin-dw8dx Isn’t that a requirement for membership in the Foredeck Union?

@robertmann8895 9 месяцев назад

You need to get onto a different boat!

@bybeka1 Год назад

It's awesome the good and clear you explain things!

@SailingTipsCa Год назад

Thanks - glad you think so!

@karllewis735 2 года назад

I'm so old that when I used to race on sailboats, we only had symmetric spinnakers, and we used a "turtle" to pack the spinnaker. The turtle was the shape of a stuff bag, but with a relatively stiff wire hoop near the top, to keep the bag round, and it had attachment points for the three corners of the sail, so it worked very much like your box bag. It also had a clip on the bottom, so you could fasten it to an eye on the deck, or a lifeline, or a whatever, to keep it held down while you pulled the sail out with the halyard, and it'd stay on the boat once the kite was flying.

@SailingTipsCa 2 года назад

I have one of those bags with the wire rim! It works but I find the box bag is much better. Another good solution is a bag that fits under the companionway or under a hatch, and you launch/douse from there.

@kurtism9040 Год назад

We used a modified kitchen garbage can. advantage was the narrowness allowed me to sit on the settee with it between my knees and the sail on the other side of the salon . I could reach around the can, under the sail and gather the material up and stuff it down in with both hands. The corners were folded over the top, clews in and head over the top ...and all held in with a bungee across side to side. The can had line loops on bottom and top corners holding shackles for attachment to the toe rail and top life line. Using this method, I'd follow the doused sail down into the companionway and have the Turtle packed and ready in a very few minutes depending on sea state and so the "comfort level" below. I like the box bag but, can't imagine it down low to the cabin sole and spread wide between my feet.