Rigging a spinaker on a 192

[J P Turkey]

I bought a spinnaker on Ebay on a whim. It was cheap. It might be a little too big. Does anybody have experiance rigging a chute on this little boat. You know that it has another halyard below the fractionally rigged furling jib. according to one ad. in West Marine, a standard spinnaker can be rigged as an asymetrical with a thing that wraps around the furled foresail with a down haul. Any thoughts?

 

[Dave K.]

Spinnaker on 192

The spinnaker halyard block will have to go above the forestay on the mast. The sail flies ahead of all the standing rigging. Don't know about flying a symmetrical kite without a pole - the cut of the two styles of sail is different, but occasionally you'll see a symmetrical with the pole practically up against the forestay, so there may be some points of sail where it would work. Why not try it with a whisker pole, though?Dave