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• How best to set up for a spinnaker?
  • Stabilizing the pole is the key, IMHO...
    • Thanks Jon, It's nice to hear from you!
      • Ahh, I envy you...
        • Thanks Jon. I'm looking forward
  • Knot will suffice
    • Blow & Go
  • Be sure to think through your take down
  • I have to differ with Larry and Jon. I think you need shackles.
  • I have ...
    • Thanks everyone for the good advice.
      • Oh yeah ... I use a large, single Harken Ratcheting Block ...
      • Nothing fancy, they came with the sheets.
        • Thanks Tom, great photo!
          • Look closely, you can see the end. It's spruce.
            • Ahhh. I see it now.
              • What did you get for a spinnaker David?
                • I have the one that came with the boat.
  • I think it's worth underscoring the importance of a snug downhaul
    • Thanks D'Arcy
      • Sounds good to me
    • downhaul?? haven't heard it called that ....
      • Geez, I thought the foreguy was just another name for the.....
        • nah, the guy in the back is the after-guy.
      • That's right, I misused it too.
      • Ha! yeah, that's what my dad calls it and I learned from him. Foreguy is common now.
      • I knew what he meant.
        • The worst of it is....
          • that's when the foreguy becomes the tackline. Both can be called downfauker.
            • People have called a downfauker too? Is that a downhauler, Rod :^)