Can anybody out there reassure me, crazy Dave, that it is OK to fly a spinnaker on the BNR rig? Do you need to leave the main up for mainsheet support?
Your rig was designed to put equivalent tension on the forestay compared to a conventional backstay rig. Engineering should not be a problem. Other fractional-rig boats with swept spreaders (like the J-24, to name only one) use their swept stays to tension the headstay and then use the BS more to bend the mast for shaping the main.That is a good idea though. But really I would only be doing it in pretty light breezes, especially single handing.
Good point, Fred. We sailed a 23.5 for the last 10 seasons but never really contemplated an asym. It was just too much work to contemplate and too little room below to stow when not in use.on these rigs (without a back stay)I would suggest that the spinnaker halyard does not attach to the mast any higher than the stays (I.e. The hounds)
Tim, does it fly from the top of the mast?I asked a similar question a couple of years ago and received unanimous agreement that the rig could take it.
Tim
Make that unanimous plus one. Here's mine on my H260.I asked a similar question a couple of years ago and received unanimous agreement that the rig could take it. https://forums.sailboatowners.com/index.php?threads/spinnaker-question.174557/#post-1239522
Tim
Thanks, I'm glad you like it. The palmetto tree was added to our state flag before that war. It apparently was our national flag briefly. The biggest controversy is over the crescent. Most refer to it as a crescent moon but it wasn't originally intended to be one. Interesting stuff.Kermit, love that war of northern aggression spinnaker.