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dasreboot
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Initially Posted - 08/13/2014 :  04:38:09  Show Profile  Visit dasreboot's Homepage
finally got my spinnaker rigged (still need a downhaul). In 20 years of sailing I never flew one. It has transformed downwind from "maybe we should just rollup the genny" to "why did I not know about this sooner?!!!!!!!!!!" Lots of power even in light winds. Only problems was us looking like dingbats trying to get it raised correctly. Practice will help that.
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DavidBuoy
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Response Posted - 08/13/2014 :  05:20:40  Show Profile
Whoohoo!!! Another fellow convert!! Your's looks like a Sym with a pole right? Its such a blast, look forward to flying mine again soon.
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dasreboot
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Response Posted - 08/13/2014 :  06:52:41  Show Profile  Visit dasreboot's Homepage
yes i had an asymmetrical, but i still could not sail that deep with it. the symmetrical on a pole rocks.
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Response Posted - 08/13/2014 :  07:11:26  Show Profile
The tri-radial sym sails a reach pretty well, a radial head not so much.
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OJ
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Response Posted - 08/13/2014 :  09:34:05  Show Profile
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. . . Only problems was us looking like dingbats trying to get it raised correctly. Practice will help that . . .


Losing the spinnaker under the boat and retrieving it over the transom (and covered with bottom paint) always draws applause from onlookers.
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