[Rhodes22-list] Raven's spinnaker

Roger Pihlaja rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
Sun, 8 Sep 2002 12:54:04 -0400


Mark,

Great pictures, man!

Why are you sitting on the leeward side when Raven almost has her rubrail in
the water?

For close reaching like you are doing in these pictures, consider getting a
ring of beads or a "diaper".  Either of these devices attaches to the clew
of the spinnaker & goes around the forestay right on top of the furled
genoa.  This will enable you to snug up the leading edge of the spinnaker,
thus eliminating much of the sag which is visible in the pictures.  You will
be able to point several degrees higher.  Whoever sold you the spinnaker
should be able to supply you with the ring of beads or the diaper.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Kaynor" <mark@kaynor.org>
To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 10:19 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Raven's spinnaker


> A friend of took a few pictures of us on Raven flying our asymmetric
> yesterday. After a few false starts, we ended up having a good bit of fun.
>
> Mark Kaynor
>