Hi everybody!

I am new here. I have an old H16 in Italy (wind seldom over 10-15 knots where I sail) and am trying to figure out my options for a spinnaker. So I have several questions:

1- Does a spinnaker put too much stress on mast, shrouds etc? does anybody knows of mishaps?

2. I understand that there are three different spinnakers available: the trapseat symmetrical; the official hobie asymmetrical (which, I read in this forum is a bit of a joke..); and an european asimmetrical version. Does anybody know the measures (area or luff, foot, leech) of the tree? Are there other kinds?

3. Is it worthwhile to sink a 1,000$ for it?

4. What are good sources in the US to compare prices?

Thank you all for the attention

Cheers

Marco