clew, so you now see the spinnaker clew about 3 meters (6 feet) on the
windward side and keep pulling the spinnaker sheet and now SLOWLY jibe the
mainsail, while you keep pulling the spinnaker sheet – you will see that it works
perfectly. Important is to start pulling over the spinnaker before you jibe the
mainsail.
If you sail alone –
pull the spinnaker full to windward before you jibe the
mainsail.
For downwind sailing like 160-170°for longer time, we recommend pulling the
tack of the spinnaker to windward, by using the windward genoa (optional)
barber hauler line that you find on the foredeck of the float. Fix the barber haul
line to the tack of the spinnaker and with the barber hauler, you can now release
the tack line and pull the spinnaker to windward to the windward float, but
downwind make sure to have 60 to 70 cm distance between the float bow deck
and the spinnaker tack. The tack line you can now leave loose. Only use this
system for longer distance downwind.
Sailing downwind is a perfect course, if you line up the Windex arrow with the
leeward Windex marker/arm (the Windex have two arms facing back). This way,
you will find that you are sailing basically 160° downwind – which is the best you
can do, when the spinnaker is pulled to the windward float.
TAKING DOWN THE SPINNAKER:
NEVER sail with the spinnaker without the main sail!!! It can become very difficult
and dangerous to get the spinnaker down without the wind shade behind the
mainsail.
If the wind increases, it is a bit more difficult to take down the spinnaker. Practice
can eliminate this problem. Prepare the spinnaker halyard and tack line and the
sheets, so these lines can “run” out without any problems.
Bear off down to full downwind, ease out the mainsheet and fix the mainsail
boom with the preventer/boomwang. Now pull the leeward active spinnaker
sheet tight in and behind the mainsail – and you will see that the spinnaker
completely has no wind and no pressure because of the wind shade from the
mainsail.
Now release the bowsprit tack line completely off first, and the spinnaker easily
flies back and automatically in behind the mainsail like a flag. Yes, and even in
stronger winds, it will do this. Now, from the trampoline netting you pull down
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