placing the snuff patches are really pretty simple...basically you want to minimize the distance from the upper and lower snuff points to the corners of the spinnaker so your bag can be as short as possible. You then place the middle one and try and get as far away from the other two as they are from the corners or slightly less. That's a huge freakin' chute but you'll need the snuff points placed at about 114.25" from the clew and the tack (intersecting circle), 114.25" from the head of the sail, and the third 104.75" inbetween the upper and lower.

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Bail height is a little tougher. It depends a lot on how your pole is placed. Basically you want to be able to pull your spinnaker luff tight between the end of the pole and wherever the bail is on the mast. Mast rake will affect it so be sure to leave some play.

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Jake Kohl