Hi Chris,

good to see from your Avatar and hear from your enquiry, that you are interested in Spinnaker sailing. I assume that you sail from Port Melbourne from your sign off. Where you one of the Taipans sailing with out spin when I was there the other week? I was sorry I didn't have time to hang around and have a chat to the locals.

I have never used a chicken line, but correctly adjusted foot straps (should be called Toe Straps, because that is all you should have in them) are a must. Agree with others around a course like PMYC you would never have time for chicken line. Just getting on and off trap with each gybe takes long enough, important to gybe as little as possible one up, means you have to get the lay lines right. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />