You know it! I had a spinnaker once and it was great for light winds; scary in high winds... especially with gusts. You can get caught faster than you can run the sheet out. After a few scares (one big one), I left the sail in its bag.
You have to think in vektors in sailing with your spinnaker:)
1) Number one rule, if in trouble, is to allways let the steering follow where the spinnaker is going, not the other way around. That allso goes for jibing in high winds.
2) number two is to control the direktion of the top of the spinnaker.
What goes wrong here is the strong sideways pulling from the top of the mast, that finaly let the rudder lose its grip. And then the only thing you can do is lose all power by sheeting out
The spinnaker is the most unforgiving sail imaginable when things go wrong. Apart from in very light airs, I have always hated the damn things. In strong winds, never use them close to obstructions. If the wind gusts, the spinnaker sails the boat.
mnpd007 :
I never fly it, unless in very light airs.
The forces on the rig are terrible if the wind gets up.
TroyaE117 1 month ago
@TroyaE117
You know it! I had a spinnaker once and it was great for light winds; scary in high winds... especially with gusts. You can get caught faster than you can run the sheet out. After a few scares (one big one), I left the sail in its bag.
mnpd007 1 month ago
You have to think in vektors in sailing with your spinnaker:)
1) Number one rule, if in trouble, is to allways let the steering follow where the spinnaker is going, not the other way around. That allso goes for jibing in high winds.
2) number two is to control the direktion of the top of the spinnaker.
What goes wrong here is the strong sideways pulling from the top of the mast, that finaly let the rudder lose its grip. And then the only thing you can do is lose all power by sheeting out
TheMombb 1 month ago
The spinnaker is the most unforgiving sail imaginable when things go wrong. Apart from in very light airs, I have always hated the damn things. In strong winds, never use them close to obstructions. If the wind gusts, the spinnaker sails the boat.
Be careful.
TroyaE117 3 months ago
Who is the idiot in the dingey? Boats racing and you cross their bow!
kristina3threat 4 months ago
@LisaheartFanta Very true.
tincoffin 6 months ago
when you ease the sheet on a spi thats what appens, it starts to flap and tangles
StuffThatBurns 7 months ago
ease the sheet
zacster007 1 year ago
slash care på denna skitvid
LisaheartFanta 2 years ago