Dragonfly 32 Swing Wing, Manual

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This way you can control the spinnaker, easily and elegantly. Now you can ease
off the spinnaker halyard and pull the spinnaker and sock down. Do not ease off
faster than it is pulled down controlled, so it does not drop into the water.
NEVER ease off the leeward spinnaker sheet when taking it down.
IMPORTANT
– ALWAYS gibe “ between ” forestay and luff of spinnaker and
bowsprit.
Spinnaker sailing is great and fun, BUT and again BUT always make sure you have
enough water and space to leeward, so you always can go more downwind if the
wind increases and so you always have enough water and space to go downwind
and take down the spinnaker in no stress
– if you don’t have enough water and
space to leeward, this can get you into a lot of trouble – this is the only real
important thing to always make sure is ok when sailing with the spinnaker – enjoy
it
☺
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Normally, we recommend downwind course approx 160° with a jibing angle of
40° - in stronger winds it pays of well to go even deeper downwind. For longer
downwind course, pull up the centreboard half way or even full up.
CODE – O:
This is a fantastic but a VERY powerful sail. Only use this upwind in light airs like
upwind in max 4 m/s (8 knots) true wind. Upwind in light airs you will only be
able to point like 50 to 55 degrees and when tacking upwind you have to furl the
sail in
– tack – and furl out again.
Going upwind you need to sheet close to the main hull
on the “inside” aft beam
there is a padeye for the Code-O.
IMPORTANT
– On the SUPREME version never set the Code-O with the tack line
system on the bowsprit – use the free top stainless eye you see just over the side
support stays and the waterstay – here you install the Code-O furler directly in
this steel eye which also prevent the furling system to turn around when furling.
So, when setting the Code-O, pull in the bowsprit, and fix the furler to this steel
eye and pull out and set the bowsprit again. On the TOURING version, the tack
line sets the Code-O.