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3.4
OPTIONAL SPINNAKER GEAR
With the trend to larger genoas, the spinnakers also get larger
and need larger and stronger gear to handle them. As with the
Genoa Gear, our Spinnaker Gear has been designed and fabricated
to meet extreme loads that this beautiful sail can produce.
Spinnaker Gear is complete consisting of
a spinnaker pole,
reaching strut, mast car with control line, spinnaker halyard,
topping lift, foreguy, afterguy, and two sheet snatch blocks. If
the boat is equipped with the optional winch package consisting
of two secondary and main halyard winches, then the secondaries
may be used for sheeting. When not in use the spinnaker pole and
reaching strut are conveniently stored forward in the deck
chocks on the port and starboard sides respectively.
When rigging the spinnaker the snatch blocks may be attached to
the transom quarter castings or an aft section of
the perforated
toe rail. The foreguy is led through a block shackled to the
stemhead and secured to one of the forward mooring cleats. The
bails which are an integral part or the bow pulpit are a
convenient place to secure halyards, sheets and guys when one is
in the process of
setting up for a spinnaker hoist. Height of
the inboard end of the pole can be adjusted with a control line,
which secures on a mast cleat. A thumbscrew I. also provided on
the pole car as an auxiliary means of locking the pole in
position. The spinnaker halyard leads to a cleat on the port
side of the mast. In beam reaching conditions, when the pole is
eased forward near the headstay, very high compression stresses
may be exerted upon the pole. The reaching strut allows for a
better angle of pull for the afterguy, thus reducing the loads
to a safer point. This also eliminates chafe of
the afterguy on
the upper shroud.
If you are not familiar with spinnakers, it is recommended that
you learn the required techniques before trying to hoist and set
one yourself. Have a few experienced friends join you for the
first couple of spinnaker drills so that you can enjoy the
pleasures of this sail without the complications that can
accompany incorrect procedures.
3.5
OPTIONAL BOOM VANG
The boom vang permits control of the twist in the mainsail when
off the wind. It has also been used as a preventer against gybes
and to prevent the boom, from bouncing around in light wind
and/or a chop. The vang consists of a tackle with a purchase of
4:1, which is self-cleating. There are snap shackles on each
end. It may be rigged from the welded bail on the boom down to a
swivel bail, near the base of the mast.