Re: [Cal_Boats] Summer is flying....

Looks like he did a stretch and blow. He just opened the clutch and gathered the sail . Sent on a Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note® 3 <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: "Allen Edwards al… [at] gmail.com [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> </div><div>Date:08/25/2014 6:12 PM (GMT-08:00) </div><div>To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com </div><div>Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Summer is flying.... </div><div> </div>I think he just cut the halyard. Someone said to take down a spinnaker you pull on one corner, keep one corner secure, and let the other one run free. If you look again, you will see keeps the guy secure until he has all the rest of the sail stuffed in the bag, then he cuts that. But I think he just opened the clutch on the halyard. Allen On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Michael D md… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: That was a sweet take down. I wonder what he used to control the spinnaker halyard. Thanks, Michael Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android From: Allen Edwards al… [at] gmail.com [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com>; To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com>; Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Summer is flying.... Sent: Tue, Aug 26, 2014 12:27:46 AM http://youtu.be/owJHGbzKSVA On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Chris Campbell cc… [at] lsnm.org [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: On 8/25/2014 2:22 PM, Michael D md… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: Chris, There is something mystical about "stealing" the wind under spinnaker. Attached is one of my favorite photos of Magic. A sailing friend of mine flies his tri-radial spinnaker single-handed. It stays totally dry on take-down. He described the steps/procedure to me, but I'm not ready to try it out. Setting would be easy, at least in light air, because my halyard runs back to the cockpit. Take-down would be another matter. Chris

I think the stretch and blow keeps both the sheet and guy locked and pulls in the belly of the sail first. That is the way I was trained and come to find out it is not very common. This guy definately is taking the sail in by cutting the halyard and pulling in on the sheet. I think this is actually a very common way to take a sail down. Stuff it down the companionway hatch in this case into a bag that hangs in the hatch opening. I would do this on my boat except I don't have such a hatch. Allen On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 10:14 PM, saylorran sa… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > Looks like he did a stretch and blow. He just opened the clutch and > gathered the sail . > > > Sent on a Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note® 3 > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: "Allen Edwards al… [at] gmail.com [Cal_Boats]" > Date:08/25/2014 6:12 PM (GMT-08:00) > To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Summer is flying.... > > > > I think he just cut the halyard. Someone said to take down a spinnaker > you pull on one corner, keep one corner secure, and let the other one run > free. If you look again, you will see keeps the guy secure until he has all > the rest of the sail stuffed in the bag, then he cuts that. But I think he > just opened the clutch on the halyard. > > Allen > > > On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Michael D md… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] < > Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: > >> >> >> That was a sweet take down. I wonder what he used to control the >> spinnaker halyard. >> >> Thanks, >> Michael >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >> <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> >> >> ------------------------------ >> * From: * Allen Edwards al… [at] gmail.com [Cal_Boats] < >> Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com>; >> * To: * Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com>; >> * Subject: * Re: [Cal_Boats] Summer is flying.... >> * Sent: * Tue, Aug 26, 2014 12:27:46 AM >> >> >> >> http://youtu.be/owJHGbzKSVA >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Chris Campbell cc… [at] lsnm.org >> [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 8/25/2014 2:22 PM, Michael D md… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: >>> >>> Chris, >>> >>> There is something mystical about "stealing" the wind under >>> spinnaker. Attached is one of my favorite photos of Magic. >>> >>> A sailing friend of mine flies his tri-radial spinnaker >>> single-handed. It stays totally dry on take-down. He described the >>> steps/procedure to me, but I'm not ready to try it out. >>> >>> >>> Setting would be easy, at least in light air, because my halyard runs >>> back to the cockpit. Take-down would be another matter. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > >

I think I am wrong on what it a common way. I think cutting the guy and pulling the sail in with the sheet while easing the halyard is more common. That is when you want to control the halyard. Here he cuts the halyard instead of the guy. Cut one, hold one, and pull in on the third. Allen On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 10:32 PM, Allen Edwards <al… [at] gmail.com> wrote: > I think the stretch and blow keeps both the sheet and guy locked and pulls > in the belly of the sail first. That is the way I was trained and come to > find out it is not very common. This guy definately is taking the sail in > by cutting the halyard and pulling in on the sheet. I think this is > actually a very common way to take a sail down. Stuff it down the > companionway hatch in this case into a bag that hangs in the hatch opening. > I would do this on my boat except I don't have such a hatch. > > Allen > > > On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 10:14 PM, saylorran sa… [at] yahoo.com > [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Looks like he did a stretch and blow. He just opened the clutch and >> gathered the sail . >> >> >> Sent on a Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note® 3 >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: "Allen Edwards al… [at] gmail.com [Cal_Boats]" >> Date:08/25/2014 6:12 PM (GMT-08:00) >> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com >> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Summer is flying.... >> >> >> >> I think he just cut the halyard. Someone said to take down a spinnaker >> you pull on one corner, keep one corner secure, and let the other one run >> free. If you look again, you will see keeps the guy secure until he has all >> the rest of the sail stuffed in the bag, then he cuts that. But I think he >> just opened the clutch on the halyard. >> >> Allen >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Michael D md… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] < >> Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> That was a sweet take down. I wonder what he used to control the >>> spinnaker halyard. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Michael >>> >>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >>> <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> * From: * Allen Edwards al… [at] gmail.com [Cal_Boats] < >>> Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com>; >>> * To: * Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com>; >>> * Subject: * Re: [Cal_Boats] Summer is flying.... >>> * Sent: * Tue, Aug 26, 2014 12:27:46 AM >>> >>> >>> >>> http://youtu.be/owJHGbzKSVA >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Chris Campbell cc… [at] lsnm.org >>> [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 8/25/2014 2:22 PM, Michael D md… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] wrote: >>>> >>>> Chris, >>>> >>>> There is something mystical about "stealing" the wind under >>>> spinnaker. Attached is one of my favorite photos of Magic. >>>> >>>> A sailing friend of mine flies his tri-radial spinnaker >>>> single-handed. It stays totally dry on take-down. He described the >>>> steps/procedure to me, but I'm not ready to try it out. >>>> >>>> >>>> Setting would be easy, at least in light air, because my halyard runs >>>> back to the cockpit. Take-down would be another matter. >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > >