Bloopers , Kites and such

[Thor Powell, Nonsuch 26, Victoria BC]

I had a blooper that came with the boat and I am still disappointed just how ineffective it was.  Narrow at the foot and hoisted 40 off feet to the top it was hardly worth effort as over 9 K apparent the bow would be diving to a point I almost asked Deb to raise the periscope....

In  light air it was shadowed by just the stowed main. So all in all a failure.  No pole so it would just collapse in light air, just when I needed it. 

Got this picture from Lin Pardy of  Talisman fame. Basically a reacher/ code zero with the clew run to a snatch block on the end of the boom. Talisman being a channel cutter she had a long boom like our boats. 

 I was curious if anyone has tried a code zero or  even a kite  rigged   in this fashion...

[Jonathan Lewit]

Thor,

Take a look at this topic on the Discourse site - 

https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/spinnakers-more-thoughts/178

Jon

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