Dave, the sock doesn't come off the pole easy. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

I sailed again today. I had a much better day coming to grips with the spinnaker. Only a light breeze around 5knotts probably gusting 10/12knotts but I was able to fly a hull downwind quite easily after a couple of runs. Good fun.
A couple of problems.
Halyard has too much stretch resulting in luff sag in the gusts. Gotta get some decent rope. Recommendations?
I changed the tack line to 1:1 and it works better with less surplus on the tramp when the kite is up.

I got a strange spi sheet tangle during one deployment. It got tangled around the snuffer mouth somehow. I re-stowed and re-launched the kite and it fixed it. I need to try to figure out what happened there.
It took me an age to rig the thing. Anyone care to help with the best procedure for hooking up the halyard and retrieval line?