Step |
Skipper |
Forward Crew |
Middle Crew |
Rotate |
Turn the boat smoothly and gradually to head
almost directly downwind. Coordinate with the spinnaker trim to keep
the spinnaker full. |
Adjust twings so the sheet and guy are about
15 inches above the deck just behind the shrouds - then get ready
to trip the spinnaker pole by grabbing the line underneath the spinnaker
pole with the fist of one hand while hold the pole with your other
hand. |
Rotate the spinnaker around the boat so the
pole is back almost to the shrouds and the leeward clew is about 24
inches in front of the shrouds. When fully rotated, and forward crew
is in position, say "TRIP" to initiate the next step. |
Trip |
Keep the boat headed almost directly downwind. |
Turn your fist so that both ends of the spinnaker
pole are released at the same time. Push the pole up with the other
hand. If both ends of the pole don't release, get the pole off the
mast ring first - then off the guy. |
Keep the spinnaker full and drawing. This
should be possible without moving either the sheet or guy very much.
|
Gybe |
Turn the boat very slightly to gybe (to almost
directly downwind on the other gybe) while pulling the mainsail across
the boat. Duck. |
Duck under the boom. |
Duck under the boom. Keep the spinnaker full
and drawing with small trim adjustments - however, keep the new guy
forward of the shrouds at least 24 inches. |
Pole |
Keep the boat steady almost directly downwind. |
Attach the pole to the new guy - then push
that end of the pole forward so the corner of the sail. Attach the
other end to the mast ring. Say "MADE" when everything is
attached. |
Keep the spinnaker full and drawing. Since
the boat is headed almost downwind, this should be possible - even
without a spinnaker pole. In heavier air, it may be necessary to coordinate
an ease of the guy with the forward crew's effort to attach the pole
at the mast ring. |
Twing |
Keep the boat steady - don't be impatient. |
Smoothly release the leeward twing. Then adjust
the windward twing to the desired height in coordination with the
spinnaker trimmer. |
Trim in coordination with twing handling by
the forward crew.. |