Hunter 326 Spinaker

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Apr 28, 2012
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hunter 326 wiarton on
Is anyone currently flying a spinaker on a Hunter 326? This is my third season with this
boat and I am wanting to purchase a spinaker but do not know what I need.
Can you help?
 
Oct 30, 2011
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klidescope 30t norfolk
spinnaker

hey that's a nice boat by the way ; you probably have an exit box location that's marked spinnaker but no halyard so ya got to hike up the mast and thread it thru or if ya already got that then ya just need a sail looks like ya need a 34' spinnaker you'll probably want to get one with a dosing sock unless your boat has a modified bow spirit then you could fly a furl er . So anyhow since your head sail is right in front of the spinn your going with a asymmetric spinnaker by the way a symmetric requires far more parts and rigging ; so just rig like jib but add 2 new pulley's to your toe rail one amid-ship out ward of ya rails and one aft to bring back to ya winch . you'll have to add a little tail of line to ya bow spirit to fly the clew have fun
 
Oct 29, 2005
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Hunter Marine 326 303 Singapore
There's no toe rail or bow sprit on a 326. I flew Aspin whatever opportuniity arises in club races. Its easy in light wind and challenging when it blows >10kts.
I run the tack to a block at the bow anchor rower (there's a reinforce hole there) and run the line back to cockpit clutch. that way I can lower/rise the tack from cockpit. I fitted a pair of Lewmar #16 winch on the cockpit coaming. There's a reinforce spot there for it. At the SS acrh sternward of the sheet-winch, there's an SS loop where I fit a stand-up turning-block for the sheets from the Aspin clew to turn and go forward to the sheet-winch. The mast top exit for spin halyard is above the head of the jib. The halyard need to be brough back to the coachroof clutch. If you don't enough clutch at coachroof, you could temporarily remove the 2nd reef from its clutch when you fly spin. The Jib halyard shouldn't be terminated at the clutch as you don't raise or lower jib normally but for annual haul-out, so tie it up at the mast. So with this you should have enough clutch for use.
 
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