G'day Captain

I didn't realise that Mozzies sailed in USA. I haven't been able to find any reference to them on the net. Australia and South Africa are the only ones I'm aware of. By snuffer hoops, I presume these are rings that pull down/up to close the spinaker before recovery. Most of the Mozzie's in Oz operate a spinaker shute attached to the bridle. The spinaker has three attachment points in the centre that the recovery line is attached to, which colapse the spinaker before pulling it into the shute.