Hi Darryl

I would second what Steve says. We don't get any marks on our chute mouths, because once the halyard is free, we are really only taking up slack on the retrieval line until the spinnaker itself starts to go into the chute.

Gary did once cut a groove in his chute last season when he had problems getting the chute down after a capsize. Everything was tangled and there was a lot of tension on the retrieval line. This is the only time I know of this happening.

Tim