[C320-list] Spinnaker Halyard???

[Kirk McCullough]

Hey I believe you. But then what is a pendant?

Kirk
#124
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From: <allan.field at comcast.net>
To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Spinnaker Halyard???


> Just for the record nautical fans, it is pennant, not pendant.  I am 
> unsure who changed my original "pennant" to "pendant" but it is pennant! 
> Following is the definition from dictionary.com:  Also, pennant. Nautical. 
> a length of rope attached to a masthead, the end of a yardarm, etc., and 
> having a block or thimble secured to its free end.
>
> So there!
>
> Allan S. Field
> Sea Shadow - #808
> Columbia, MD
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "LaChance,Michael B" <MBLACHAN at travelers.com>
>
>> I've been flying spinnakers (sym and asym) for 3 years without a crane.
>> Also, I don't use a pendant and haven't noticed any chafe either, though
>> I did replace stock halyards with some low stretch high tech brand I
>> can't remember the name of about the same time I started to fly
>> spinnakers. All that said I would prefer a crane, but, again, the 320 is
>> not racer.
>> Mike LaChance
>> Seychelle #141
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of
>> igrunes at comcast.net
>> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 11:32 AM
>> To: C320-List
>> Cc: theseidens at earthlink.net
>> Subject: [C320-list] Spinnaker Halyard???
>>
>> Scott,
>> Just looked at the Photo 12 of 12 in the album series you noted re the
>> exhaust system below.
>>
>> Is that a spinnaker halyard I see behind the jib halyard??
>>
>> Have you flown any kind of spinnaker from that halyard??
>>
>> I am having a big argument with my sailing partner as to the need for a
>> crane to fly a spinnaker. I think that a crane is NOT necessary
>> especially if flown with a pendent attached to the halyard
>>
>> Have people on the list been successful in flying a spinnaker without a
>> crane??
>>
>> Has anyone noted any particular halyard chafing in doing so?
>>
>> We just purchased an asymetric and have to convert our spare jib halyard
>> to a spinnaker halyard.
>>
>> Irv Grunes
>> 2001 C320 #851
>>
>>
>> -------------- Original message -------------- 
>> From: Scott Thompson
>>
>> > I've been wondering about this and recently posted a photo of my
>> exhaust
>> > elbow so I could ask the question. Is this one the standard Yanmar
>> version?
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.catalina320.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album37&
>> id=IMG_4
>> > 976
>> >
>> >
>>
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