Ever once in a while I am on a long downwind leg in my Typhoon, and I wish I had a chute rigged. However, I have never seen a Typhoon with one, so I just figured that it was an impossibility. However, I was poking around this site the other day, and found one of the old CD brochures, which appears to have a picture of a Typhoon weekender with a chute up.
Does anyone have any info on how this was rigged? I have thought about this enough to take a look at the mast, but I cannot figure out how or where to rig sheaves for the halyard and topping lift..
This is probably just an idle thought, and when confronted with the complexity of it, I will treat myself to a new whisker pole, but I figured it was worth asking..
Spin gear on a typhoon?
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seadog6532
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Rigright should have a mast head spinnaker bail to put at the mast head so you can mount a block for the spinnaker halyard. The tack will attach just like your jib. I recommend you get an ATN spinnaker sleeve to make handling the chute a lot less trouble. We're doing this on our CD30 ketch right now. Hope this helps.
Mark and Anna of Arianna CD30K #112
Mark and Anna of Arianna CD30K #112
Mark and Anna of Arianna CD30K #112
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kerlandsen
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Simple
Start with an Asymetrical spinnaker, but don't have it made until you get the boat dimensions measured.
On my old Typhoon Senior, i used a Stainless strap screwed into the top of the mast and a harken block. I then would run a D ring thru the stem fitting, just forward of the headstay/furler. Another harken block there. I rigged those really small harken blocks on some short leashes to the aft lifeline attachment. Basically the sheets should run as far as aft as possible to something strong. If you have two stern cleats that would work to.
I made a tack line that would go thru the bow block and aft to a cockpit cleat, later I moved up to a single harken block with a cam cleat built in. Having the tack line adjustable is pretty important. I did notice that the tack line would hit the bow light on the pulpit, so I made a 18" long bow sprit that attached to the bronze stem fitting, worked great.
I opted for a full hoist to the top of the mast to get more sail area. The increased sail area is needed downwind.
I did not drill any holes into the boat, only the mast head. I had the spinnaker made to my dimensions. Worked great on a reach and struggled a little to keep it full going really deep downwind. I never did add an ATN sleeve, the sail was just so easy to handle as is. Remember these are small boats and the sail could be retreived in about 2.5 armfulls.
take a look at some of the cruising Asymmetricals available. This has really changed the simplicity level of spinnakers on boats like ours. Gybing takes a small amount of practice. I could also sail upwind in really light air, a very diverse sail.
Can't wait until I can get one rigged for the sea sprite 28.
On my old Typhoon Senior, i used a Stainless strap screwed into the top of the mast and a harken block. I then would run a D ring thru the stem fitting, just forward of the headstay/furler. Another harken block there. I rigged those really small harken blocks on some short leashes to the aft lifeline attachment. Basically the sheets should run as far as aft as possible to something strong. If you have two stern cleats that would work to.
I made a tack line that would go thru the bow block and aft to a cockpit cleat, later I moved up to a single harken block with a cam cleat built in. Having the tack line adjustable is pretty important. I did notice that the tack line would hit the bow light on the pulpit, so I made a 18" long bow sprit that attached to the bronze stem fitting, worked great.
I opted for a full hoist to the top of the mast to get more sail area. The increased sail area is needed downwind.
I did not drill any holes into the boat, only the mast head. I had the spinnaker made to my dimensions. Worked great on a reach and struggled a little to keep it full going really deep downwind. I never did add an ATN sleeve, the sail was just so easy to handle as is. Remember these are small boats and the sail could be retreived in about 2.5 armfulls.
take a look at some of the cruising Asymmetricals available. This has really changed the simplicity level of spinnakers on boats like ours. Gybing takes a small amount of practice. I could also sail upwind in really light air, a very diverse sail.
Can't wait until I can get one rigged for the sea sprite 28.
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sloopjohnl
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i used the strap eye that is located above the exit sheave for the jib on the front of the mast to attach a block to hoist an asymmetrical spinnaker using an external halyard. this works fine, but the sail is on the small side, similar to a spinnaker for a lightning. if you saw a masthead spinnaker it was probably on a daysailer as opposed to a weekender. if i was to do it again, i would also get an asymmetrical, but this time rig a block at the masthead to get more sail area.
Discovered some info
Well,
Long story, but I needed to order a new gooseneck slide and toggle from Rig Rite. It turns out that there was a production mast rigged for a spinnaker. It had a different truck with a Halyard and topping lift and a track on front of the mast instead of the fixed ring. Rig Rite still has all these pieces in their catalog, and even has an entire mast rigged with an internal spinnaker halyard (rigged like the other halyards.. )
Of course, all that hardware is expensive, not to mention the challenges of putting it on. However, I am going to look around and see if I can find one of these masts on a boat where the owner does not use the spinnaker, and see if I can arrange a trade..
Any offers?
Long story, but I needed to order a new gooseneck slide and toggle from Rig Rite. It turns out that there was a production mast rigged for a spinnaker. It had a different truck with a Halyard and topping lift and a track on front of the mast instead of the fixed ring. Rig Rite still has all these pieces in their catalog, and even has an entire mast rigged with an internal spinnaker halyard (rigged like the other halyards.. )
Of course, all that hardware is expensive, not to mention the challenges of putting it on. However, I am going to look around and see if I can find one of these masts on a boat where the owner does not use the spinnaker, and see if I can arrange a trade..
Any offers?