Feeling Rusty...

   Which class of boat Jim? Having done a fair bit of Squib 

(bag) and Merlin (chute) sailing, I find it fairly easy to 

switch between them, although I will admit bags are easier 

on a stable keelboat, than an unstable dinghy...

Why do not all classes allow chutes, it just makes the 

whole system so much easier and stress free???

Jon

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Jon711 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 04 May 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 465	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jon711 Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Feeling Rusty... Posted: 08 Jul 10 at 5:02pm
	Which class of boat Jim? Having done a fair bit of Squib (bag) and Merlin (chute) sailing, I find it fairly easy to switch between them, although I will admit bags are easier on a stable keelboat, than an unstable dinghy... Why do not all classes allow chutes, it just makes the whole system so much easier and stress free??? Jon

JimC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6662	Post Options Post Reply Quote JimC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jul 10 at 4:34pm
	Having been asked to do a bit of coaching on spinnaker handling for a club member the other night I jumped in the boat and found myself feeling unaccountably rusty on some of the finer options of running a boat with a pole kite and bags... "This is ridiculous" I thought, and apologised as advice mutated a bit as I worked things out. "How long", I wondered "Can it be since I sailed forward hand in a boat with this setup?" I worked it out later - I reckon its thirty five years since I last raced with that setup... The other combinations of bags and pole I've all used pretty recently!