Pulling down a spinnaker on a C28R is a bit exciting. You have lots of sail to keep on tramp and get stuffed before she washes overboard. Surprises happen. I usually bring it down and don't have much of a problem. You got to work fast and watch for problems. A week ago my sailing partner wanted to do the spinnaker drop duty. I agreed as it was only blowing 12 or so. I set him up great and started feeding the halyard when he got about 2/3 of the sailing on the tramp but didn't get it into the bag. Guess what. Over the side the sail goes. Now you have a problem. We cleaned it up after a few minutes and instead of going back to harbor we wanted to see if we did any damage. Sure enough we tore a panel.

Today my sail is at Calvert being fixed.

They make socks for big boats spinnakers. As long as you have them rigged correctly they work well. Cost about $300.