[C320-list] Asymmetrical chute question

[Denny Browne]

Outside the headstay, and depending on how you’ve run the lazy sheet, either inside or outside it’s own luff. I prefer the latter, but you need plenty of length on the sheets. Mine are 65’ and seem to work fine. 

Some sailors like attaching an 18-24” pendant to the clew, with an eye splice on both ends, and attaching the sheets to the pendant. This is particularly helpful when joining the sheet between the headstay and the sail. Shackles don’t bite the headstay. 

By the way, the “spinnaker halyard” exit block on our mastheads are really wing halyards, as the block doesn’t articulate. You need to douse the spinnaker with the wind fairly well aft to keep from chafing the halyard on the masthead. 

Lots of fun!

Denny Browne
A Cappella #935
Redondo Beach 
Denny.Browne at me.com
310-408-9591
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> On Jul 28, 2019, at 3:34 PM, Crosby Roper <vmdatsea at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> For those of you who fly an asymmetrical chute using the spinnaker halyard, do you jibe the chute forward of the head stay or between the head stay and the mast.ive been trying to find a decent photo of the top of the mast to see whether the halyard exits above or below the head stay but haven’t had any luck. Thanks
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> Crosby Roper VMD
> s/v Tethys #1054
> San Diego 
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