I've been sailing my "new" Typhoon this season and would like to try flying the spinnaker that came with the boat. Any advice on how it is rigged and how to raise and lower it would be appreciated. My spinnaker was made by Sails USA and appears to be asymetrical with five radial panels at the top and two cross cut panels at the bottom. The head has a halyard swivel. The port (red) and the stabboard (green) clews are the same except there is a single,large hank on the sail edge six inches above the port clew. Sheets are a shorter, red line with a snap shackle and a longer, green line with no shackles. No spinnaker pole nor track / ring on the mast. The boat has two blocks on the stern near the cleat and the motor mount, a single jib halyard and a topping lift. So how does this all work together and is it too much for single handing?
Mike Raehl
Roberta Jane II, Ty #1958
Piermont, NY
mikeraehl@telocity.com
Typhoon Spinnaker, How is it rigged?
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Bill Bloxham
Re: Typhoon Spinnaker, How is it rigged?
Hi Mike
The red/green clew settup sounds like a symmetrical spinnaker to me. An Asymmetrical would have a tack, clew and head like a jib, but no hanks.
The blocks aft could be for either. One would usually have a mast block and associated hardware above the jib halyard block for either spinnaker halyard. You would need similar sheets for both units; you only need the mast track/car unit and a pole topping lift for the symmetric.
The North U "Performance Racing Trim" book by Bill Gladstone (www.NorthU.com)is the best I have seen so far for information on spinnakers, and I've been looking all summer. I'm doing foredeck on a BBYRA Ensign, and I tell you, when the kites up in 12 knots the boat is amazing.
Single handing anything is usually about thinking it thru before hand, having dependable equipment, maintaining high safety standards and practice, practice, practice.
By the way, untill he quit about 10 years ago, there was a 70 year old sailor who flew his spinnaker singlehanded in Barnaget Bay.
Good luck, and don't get discouraged the first time.
Bill
mmmmmmbill@earthlink.net
The red/green clew settup sounds like a symmetrical spinnaker to me. An Asymmetrical would have a tack, clew and head like a jib, but no hanks.
The blocks aft could be for either. One would usually have a mast block and associated hardware above the jib halyard block for either spinnaker halyard. You would need similar sheets for both units; you only need the mast track/car unit and a pole topping lift for the symmetric.
The North U "Performance Racing Trim" book by Bill Gladstone (www.NorthU.com)is the best I have seen so far for information on spinnakers, and I've been looking all summer. I'm doing foredeck on a BBYRA Ensign, and I tell you, when the kites up in 12 knots the boat is amazing.
Single handing anything is usually about thinking it thru before hand, having dependable equipment, maintaining high safety standards and practice, practice, practice.
By the way, untill he quit about 10 years ago, there was a 70 year old sailor who flew his spinnaker singlehanded in Barnaget Bay.
Good luck, and don't get discouraged the first time.
Bill
mmmmmmbill@earthlink.net
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sloopjohnl
Re: Typhoon Spinnaker, How is it rigged?
mike,
sounds like a description of my assymmetrical. the large hank is for attachment to the forestay. there should be a sheet attached to the tack which would be led to the cockpit to adjust the clew up and down the forestay depending on the point of sail you are on. you would need a turning block at the stemhead fitting for this. the swivel at the head is to prevent halyard wrap and there should be a spinnaker halyard above the jib halyard on the mast. the two turning blocks at the stern are to lead the sheets to the winches. there should be two ropes or one long rope that would act as two when tied into the clew for trimming the spinnaker. when gybing, the clew of the sail has to be brought forward around the outside of the forestay and trimmed in to the opposite side of the boat, thus you need two ropes or guys as they are referred to for the spinnaker.
they are a lot of fun once you get to know them. good luck.
sounds like a description of my assymmetrical. the large hank is for attachment to the forestay. there should be a sheet attached to the tack which would be led to the cockpit to adjust the clew up and down the forestay depending on the point of sail you are on. you would need a turning block at the stemhead fitting for this. the swivel at the head is to prevent halyard wrap and there should be a spinnaker halyard above the jib halyard on the mast. the two turning blocks at the stern are to lead the sheets to the winches. there should be two ropes or one long rope that would act as two when tied into the clew for trimming the spinnaker. when gybing, the clew of the sail has to be brought forward around the outside of the forestay and trimmed in to the opposite side of the boat, thus you need two ropes or guys as they are referred to for the spinnaker.
they are a lot of fun once you get to know them. good luck.
Mike Raehl wrote: I've been sailing my "new" Typhoon this season and would like to try flying the spinnaker that came with the boat. Any advice on how it is rigged and how to raise and lower it would be appreciated. My spinnaker was made by Sails USA and appears to be asymetrical with five radial panels at the top and two cross cut panels at the bottom. The head has a halyard swivel. The port (red) and the stabboard (green) clews are the same except there is a single,large hank on the sail edge six inches above the port clew. Sheets are a shorter, red line with a snap shackle and a longer, green line with no shackles. No spinnaker pole nor track / ring on the mast. The boat has two blocks on the stern near the cleat and the motor mount, a single jib halyard and a topping lift. So how does this all work together and is it too much for single handing?
Mike Raehl
Roberta Jane II, Ty #1958
Piermont, NY
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Bill Bloxham
Shoulda mentioned...
rigging a jib downhaul is a very easy, inexpensive worthwile thing for any singlehander to do. Absolutely necessary for singlehanding spinnakers.
After you drop the jib haul the sheets and clew back through the inside of the shrouds and cleat to keep the jib out of the water.
Bill
mmmmmmbill@earthlink.net
After you drop the jib haul the sheets and clew back through the inside of the shrouds and cleat to keep the jib out of the water.
Bill
mmmmmmbill@earthlink.net
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Bill Bloxham
Re: Typhoon Spinnaker, How is it rigged?
Hi John
Sounds good to me, but whats with the red and green edges? I only see these on symmectrical sails. They are there so the spinnaker can be run side to side when it is packed in it's turtle/bag/laundrey hamper.
Does yours have red/green edges?
This couldn't be a conversion, could it?
And now that I think about it, neither of us has asked Mike if the non-foot sides are equal or unequal.
Mike?
Currently mystified,
Bill
mmmmmmbill@earthlink.net
Sounds good to me, but whats with the red and green edges? I only see these on symmectrical sails. They are there so the spinnaker can be run side to side when it is packed in it's turtle/bag/laundrey hamper.
Does yours have red/green edges?
This couldn't be a conversion, could it?
And now that I think about it, neither of us has asked Mike if the non-foot sides are equal or unequal.
Mike?
Currently mystified,
Bill
mmmmmmbill@earthlink.net
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sloopjohnl
Re: Typhoon Spinnaker, How is it rigged?
bill, mike,
yes my assym. has red and green sides, the lengths for the sides are different because unlike a sym. there is a luff and a leech. one side remains attached to the forestay (the one with the hank) and the other side acts as the leech. so why the red and green? - got me!! i guess so when you pack it you know which is which, but it doesn't necessarily designate which side of the boat it will be flying on. when you gybe you actually turn the sail inside out.
the bottom two or three panels on the sail should not be exactly equal in width or length due to the unequal lengths of the sides. hope this helps mike.
john
Hi John
yes my assym. has red and green sides, the lengths for the sides are different because unlike a sym. there is a luff and a leech. one side remains attached to the forestay (the one with the hank) and the other side acts as the leech. so why the red and green? - got me!! i guess so when you pack it you know which is which, but it doesn't necessarily designate which side of the boat it will be flying on. when you gybe you actually turn the sail inside out.
the bottom two or three panels on the sail should not be exactly equal in width or length due to the unequal lengths of the sides. hope this helps mike.
john
Hi John
Bill Bloxham wrote: Sounds good to me, but whats with the red and green edges? I only see these on symmectrical sails. They are there so the spinnaker can be run side to side when it is packed in it's turtle/bag/laundrey hamper.
Does yours have red/green edges?
This couldn't be a conversion, could it?
And now that I think about it, neither of us has asked Mike if the non-foot sides are equal or unequal.
Mike?
Currently mystified,
Bill