I took my brother sailing last week. I've owned my boat for 6 years and he had never seen it. We were able to find a good area without whitecaps and I was itching to fly my spinnaker for him. Rigged for an outside jibe, we did just that. It took 3 tries but we finally made the perfect outside jibe. When it was time to finally strike the spinnaker and head upwind, I wasn't aware that the new lazy sheet had gone under the boat. I was able to retrieve it with the boat hook. But dangit it was stuck under the centerboard. No matter how hard I pulled that sheet would NOT come up or anything. Finally I decided to retrace the route it took and hopefully unwrap it from the centerboard. Yep, it worked. I pulled the sheet all the way forward and retraced the exact route it took during the jibe. And dangit! It STILL wouldn't come up. Turns out the stopper knot had done its job well. That sucker held fast in the turning block. And it was clearly tied properly because untying it was just as easy as tying it.
As y'all probably know by now, one of the two reasons I had my spinnaker built (the 2nd reason has nothing to do with speed) was for the challenge of learning to use it. Check.
As y'all probably know by now, one of the two reasons I had my spinnaker built (the 2nd reason has nothing to do with speed) was for the challenge of learning to use it. Check.
