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    Posted: 28 Aug 14 at 1:18pm
Another one flying the spinaker inside the foretriangle as rules of the time required. Good of Mike to do things according to the age of the boat.
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Looks like one of the old-style spinnakers flown inside the forestay.  You stillsee them on classes like these Seabird Half-Raters, sailed at Wallasey, Trearddur  and Abersoch.



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Originally posted by rogerd

Another one flying the spinaker inside the foretriangle as rules of the time required. Good of Mike to do things according to the age of the boat.
Could someone enlighten me, what was the point of that rule?

Was it to restrict the girth/width of the spinnaker?

Was it to outlaw hard luff flat reaching spinnakers?
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Argh, so inefficient. Would have driven me nuts.
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Well by the numbers, it wasn't a Merlin spinnaker anyway, even if the size was correct for the old rules - there are not quite yet four thousand Merlins.
Merlin 6 has a cotton spinnaker of that size with deliberate holes in, presumably to reduce the pressure.
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Originally posted by rogerd

Another one flying the spinaker inside the foretriangle as rules of the time required. Good of Mike to do things according to the age of the boat.

I am sure you have seen the boat close up Roger but it does have the original wooden drawers to store the kit in as well.
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Originally posted by Rupert

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I have Paul, I sailed her with Mike a year or so ago at Hunts, beautiful boat but I had forgotten about the drawers.
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Originally posted by Brass


Originally posted by rogerd



Another one flying the spinaker inside the foretriangle as rules of the time required. Good of Mike to do things according to the age of the boat.

Could someone enlighten me, what was the point of that rule?
Was it to restrict the girth/width of the spinnaker?
Was it to outlaw hard luff flat reaching spinnakers?


I honestly don't know but I don't think spinakers were used for reaching I think they were mainly a running sail.
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