When planning out our three day weekend, my wife asked about the possibility of sailing. I despondently responded that the wind was going to be light all three days. She mentioned that it had been awhile since she had sailed with me so I got to thinking, since the wind was forecasted to be light, it might be a good time to practice some more with the spinnaker.
I did learn a few things and relearned some others... Like everything goes outside when rigging the lines. I learned that this should include the spinnaker halyard as well. (My boat has two spinnaker halyards so if you are using the port halyard while launching to starboard , you need to run the halyard outside the forestay to avoid this...
I did get a little carried away and ran the lazy sheet outside as well so I had to reroute that before the first gybe. (I prefer inside gybes) That got me to wondering why the PO had installed these little disks by the snap shackles.
Anybody have an ides of their intended purpose?
As the wind picked up a little, I noticed the headstay flopping around. Should I increase the backstay tension to minimize this?
After what unexpectedly turned out to be a great afternoon sail, the wind died completely. Before I could even get the spinnaker stowed, we were attacked by hundreds of mayflies. I started the motor in an attempt to get away from them, but they just clung to anything they could and enjoyed the free ride.
Half way back to the marina, the wind picked up nicely so I killed the motor and raised the sails for a awesome sunset sail.
I did learn a few things and relearned some others... Like everything goes outside when rigging the lines. I learned that this should include the spinnaker halyard as well. (My boat has two spinnaker halyards so if you are using the port halyard while launching to starboard , you need to run the halyard outside the forestay to avoid this...
I did get a little carried away and ran the lazy sheet outside as well so I had to reroute that before the first gybe. (I prefer inside gybes) That got me to wondering why the PO had installed these little disks by the snap shackles.
Anybody have an ides of their intended purpose?
As the wind picked up a little, I noticed the headstay flopping around. Should I increase the backstay tension to minimize this?
After what unexpectedly turned out to be a great afternoon sail, the wind died completely. Before I could even get the spinnaker stowed, we were attacked by hundreds of mayflies. I started the motor in an attempt to get away from them, but they just clung to anything they could and enjoyed the free ride.
Half way back to the marina, the wind picked up nicely so I killed the motor and raised the sails for a awesome sunset sail.