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Wes 
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 Topic: RS400 Spinnaker riggingPosted: 25 Oct 05 at 11:59am |
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Cheers for the advice guys. |
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Posted: 26 Oct 05 at 11:49am |
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I don't know of any asymetric two man class where the helm would hoist the kite. The only reason the helm hoists in a symetric kite boat is because the crew is putting the pole on; this is course not needed in a assy. The nearest you'd get is a B14 where the helm pulls out the tack line whilst the crew hoists the kite - this is because they don't have a chute ... Rick |
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Stefan Lloyd
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Posted: 26 Oct 05 at 12:45pm |
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Interesting. I'll admit I've only used asymmetrics on keelboats. However the RS400 still has a bowsprit that the crew must deploy. Couldn't the helm hoist while the pole is going out? http://www.aldeburghyc.u-net.com/rs400/tips.htm suggests that the helm hoisting is a possibility.
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Posted: 26 Oct 05 at 1:29pm |
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I believe it's a single pull system where by the pole goes out as the kite goes up; could be wrong. Anyway; if it's not that makes it the exception. Rick |
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crew_monkey
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Posted: 26 Oct 05 at 1:46pm |
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Nope, two separate bits of string. One to launch the bowsprit, one to hoist the kite. The crew lanuches the pole and hoists while the helm gets his head out of the boat sorts out his wing-wang (!) (the wing wangs are the control lines for the canting bowsprit) |
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Isis
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Posted: 26 Oct 05 at 2:17pm |
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I cant speak for the 400 but I find that in the more tame
family/training oreintated assymetric boats it is faster for the helm
to do the hoist. On the other hand in the skiff-types it is definantly
better for the crew to hoist and the helm to focus on keeping the whole
thing shiny side down and pointing in the right direction.
There must come a point in the middle where it simply comes down to user preference and I suspect the 400 is pretty close to this point |
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crew_monkey
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Posted: 26 Oct 05 at 3:53pm |
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Hmm,, I would have thought that when you're racing, unless the crew has sonething better to do (like attach the sym spinny pole to the mast, as Rick said) then the crew should be pulling up the kite while the helm worries about the race. Don't think I've ever seen a helm hoisting at an open/champs (in a 400) Often (esp in a blow) the helm will take the windward sheet to stop any flapping. Edited by crew_monkey |
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Posted: 26 Oct 05 at 5:20pm |
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Righ oh; that makes the 400 the odd one out. Any reason for it being seperate? Rick |
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