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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 | Bob, each of the two sheets would need to be... Posted By: Vick Vickery/Mac26S/Gulfport, MS Date: 4/9/09 2:20p.m. Report: outside forum guidelines In Response To: tack (pic) (Bob s-v Watermark - Mac26S - Ottawa River - ON) about 50' long to trim on the stern corners of your boat...thats the length of mine and I have a few feet left for handling since the chute only goes about 2/3 of the way back. Both sym. and asym. chutes are designed to be flown above the forestay on boats with our type rigging (having a senior-moment...can't remember the name for our non-mast high rig) and tacked around the forestay, even though some folks fly them from their jib halyard and tack them inside. I installed a pad-eye and block above the forstay for this use with a dedicated chute halyard.

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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.