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Neptune 
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 Topic: Asymmetric Spinnaker Help!Posted: 20 May 10 at 1:33pm |
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Does that mean that outings in your 600 are going to be
even rarer on the circuit now Oli? Mark RS600-963 |
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ellistine
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Posted: 20 May 10 at 1:31pm |
We have it like that on our 4000. Never been a problem. |
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scrimbo
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Posted: 20 May 10 at 1:12pm |
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Yeh, I thought about doing a larks head (or whatever you will call it) onto it, but im still concerned that this will get caught when pulling the kite down to windward, and also that i may never be able to undo it again after a big breeze. |
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Oli Scrimshaw
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ham4sand
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Posted: 20 May 10 at 1:04pm |
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find the middle of the sheet, make a bend, push this bend through the clew eye on the spinnasker, pull the rest of the sheet through the loop you have created, pull tight, feed the sheets through the various blocks, and tie the two ends together securely. that way the knot is IN the boat, not ON the spinnaker |
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John Hamilton
cherub 2645 - cheese before bedtime cherub 3209 - anatidaephobia laser 176847 - kiss this |
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scrimbo
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Posted: 20 May 10 at 12:58pm |
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Right guys...me and a friend have got hold of a nice cheap Laser 5K. We are fine with sailing it, and want to get into racing it more, with a bit of fine tuning needed, so therefore i put a few questions to all you other asymmetric sailors. How do you attach your spinnaker sheets? (i know there is the classic bowline, but with bagging the 5k spinnaker the knots get caught on the forestay) I have thought about splicing both ends of the sheet in various ways (http://www.apsltd.com/images/CATEGORY/medium/1558.jpg or http://www.apsltd.com/images/CATEGORY/medium/1557.jpg) or pulling out and stitching a loop of core in the middle. How strong would a stitched loop be (bearing in mind sheet loads on a 5 arent light)? Is Holmenkol sealnglide really worth it and make a difference? A whole £35 can will just about do a single spinnaker I believe? Cheers for your views guys
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Oli Scrimshaw
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