Trailer Sailor Discussion Forum
Home Forums Search Trailer Sailor Roster Chandlery Events Classifieds Resources About TSBB SBO Sites	Instructions/FAQ | Rules & Etiquette | Edit Profile | Forum Login View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | Gennaker Posted By: John Date: 4/9/09 8:32a.m. Report: outside forum guidelines In Response To: The sheets are normally run around the front... (Vick Vickery/Mac26S/Gulfport, MS) He has a gennaker though. Bob, do you attach the tack to the deck? I would think some light sheets would work pretty good. I have a symmetrical chute on mine, and the sheet/guys do go in front of the forestay...and Vick, you're right, they are LONGGGGGGGG.

Messages In This Thread

spinnaker sheet question -- Bob s-v Watermark - Mac26S - Ottawa River - ON -- 4/8/09 12:27p.m.

The sheets are normally run around the front... -- Vick Vickery/Mac26S/Gulfport, MS -- 4/8/09 6:54p.m.

 Gennaker  -- John -- 4/9/09 8:32a.m.

tack -- Bob s-v Watermark - Mac26S - Ottawa River - ON -- 4/9/09 11:56a.m.

Bob, each of the two sheets would need to be... -- Vick Vickery/Mac26S/Gulfport, MS -- 4/9/09 2:20p.m.

thanks Vic -- Bob s-v Watermark - Mac26S - Ottawa River - ON -- 4/9/09 3:24p.m.

That'd be 'Fractional rig' -- Dave, '80 VN23 -- 4/10/09 5:12a.m.

Yeah! Fractional Rig!! These "senior moments" seem to... -- Vick Vickery/Mac26S/Gulfport, MS -- 4/10/09 8:30a.m.

spinnaker halyard -- John -- 4/10/09 5:31a.m.

chute scoop....... -- John -- 4/10/09 6:00a.m.

singlehanded -- John -- 4/10/09 6:41a.m.

Yeah, the scoop makes everything easier. I have one, too. -- Vick Vickery/Mac26S/Gulfport, MS -- 4/10/09 8:33a.m.

pic -- John -- 4/10/09 6:28a.m.

Mine was originally that way, John, but I raised it... -- Vick Vickery/Mac26S/Gulfport, MS -- 4/10/09 8:32a.m.

how much higher? -- John -- 4/10/09 9:01a.m.

I put mine about 1/2 way between the forstay and the top of the mast... -- Vick Vickery/Mac26S/Gulfport, MS -- 4/10/09 12:20p.m.

I was thinking .... -- John -- 4/10/09 3:02p.m.