| Re: spinnaker kit
[Re: mmiller]
#70779 04/11/06 02:46 PM 04/11/06 02:46 PM |
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 5,558 Key Largo, FL & Put-in-Bay, OH... Mary
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Posts: 5,558 Key Largo, FL & Put-in-Bay, OH... | Okay, Matt, I think I have finally have gotten to the bottom of this. The problem with the Wave spinnaker kit is that either the pole is too short for the boat or the boat is too short for the pole.
In other words, it is a matter of the sheeting point for the spinnaker. Even if tacking downwind, the spinnaker backwinds into the main, because the sheeting point is basically as far back on the boat as the sheeting point for the main, and the tack of the spinnaker is not very far in front of the main.
So, either the sheeting point has to move back (and there is no farther back), or the tack of the spinnaker has to move forward (longer spinnaker pole).
Otherwise, when you are using the spinnaker, you might as well drop your main when going downwind, because the main is getting no flow and is getting backwinded and is creating a lot of drag.
Do I have that right? At least it makes more sense to me now. | | | Re: spinnaker kit
[Re: mmiller]
#70781 04/12/06 02:05 AM 04/12/06 02:05 AM |
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Posts: 5,558 Key Largo, FL & Put-in-Bay, OH... | I don't think anybody is coming from the point of view that there are "other options." Rick just thinks that the spinnaker pole provided with the kit is too short for the spinnaker to work properly.
I think Rick knows a little bit about sailing with spinnakers, so he is not talking about trying to go upwind with one. That would be silly.
Obviously, headsails are not allowed for racing one-design in the Wave Class, so that is not an issue. And anybody who wants to soup up their Wave for racing on Portsmouth or in the Formula 14 Class is going to want something bigger and faster than the factory spinnaker.
Maybe you guys could do some more testing and let us know what you find out, because I still think the factory spin kit would be good for training purposes and for fun sailing if it works properly. | | |
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