the sock close behind the mainsail. This is a very easy safe operation and is no
stress.
Like this, you can control the spinnaker – easily and elegantly. Now the sock is
pulled down, and you can ease off the spinnaker halyard and pull the spinnaker
and sock down. Do not ease off faster, than it is pulled down controlled, so it
does not drop into the water.
• NEVER ease o
ff the leeward spinnaker sheet when taking it down.
• IMPORTANT – ALWAYS jibe “between” forestay and luff of spinnaker.
Spinnaker sailing is great and fun, BUT and again BUT – always make sure you
have enough water and space to leeward coastline, so you always have plenty of
space to go more downwind, if the wind increases or changes, so you always
have enough water and space to go downwind and take down the spinnaker in
no stress. If you don’t have enough water and space to leeward, this can get you
into a lot of trouble. This is the only real important thing to always make sure
that it is ok when sailing with the spinnaker – enjoy it
Normally, we recommend a downwind course of approx. 160° with a jibing angle
of 40°. In stronger winds, it pays off well to go even deeper downwind. For longer
downwind course, pull up the centerboard halfway or even full up.
If you are sailing like 110-120 degrees TWA and you feel the boat is overpowered
with then spinnaker up, BEAR OFF and turn downwind quickly and the boat will
quickly depower and lose energy. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
CODE-0:
This is a fantastic but VERY powerful sail. Only use this upwind in light airs like
upwind in max 4 m/s (8 knots) true wind speed. Upwind in light airs, you will only
be able to point best like 55° TWA, and when tacking upwind, you always must
furl the sail in – tack – and furl out again.
Going upwind, you need to sheet close to the main hull on the “inside” aft beam
there is a pad eye here for the Code-0 and or even better on the lifting eye for
craning.
IMPORTANT – The CODE-0 is fixed on the steel pad eye on top and front of the
bowsprit. Never set the Code-0 in the tack line.
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