[alberg30] Cruising spinnakers and such

[John Birch]

From: John Birch <Sunstone at idirect.com>

Greg;

How do you recut a symmetrical spinnaker into an asymmetrical one and keep the cloth
correctly oriented along the load lines?

John,
Sunstone KC-65

greg vandenberg wrote:

> From: greg vandenberg <fashionguy at mailhost.kal.ameritech.net>
>
> We put the whisker pole or (your spinnaker pole) on the clew and go wing and
> wing dead down wind. It is also faster at times while going down wind to sail
> off
> to to one side or the other while heading in a down wind direction.
> PS: I was speaking about this very subject a the sail show and the subject
> came up about the fact that my cruising spinnaker might have been modified
> from a spinnaker... sooo... you might find easier and less expensive to pick
> up a spinnaker and have it re-cut as a cruising spinnaker.
>
> Tom wrote:  The disadvantage
> > is if you want to head dead downwind, this set up is not the greatest.
>
> >
> > SandersM at aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > Does anyone on the list have any experience with such sails, and any
> > > suggestions?  Is it possible, or likely, that one can be bought used through
> > > Bacon or elsewhere?  Does Bacon have a Web site?
>
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