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An asymmetric spinnaker is particularly effective on fast planing dinghies and ultra-light displacement boats as their speed generates an apparent wind on the bow allowing them to sail more directly downwind. An asymmetric spinnaker can also be a simpler sail for a cruiser or short-handed sailer than a symmetric one. [7]
It was the first production boat featuring a retractable bowsprit, which allows for an unusually large asymmetrical spinnaker. [2] It was introduced in 1991 by J/Boats and designed by Rod Johnstone. [3] J/105s are a common sight in one design racing [4] and to date, J/Boats has built 685 J/105s. [5]
The spinnaker pole is rigged to run from the base of the mast, [1] where there is a special fitting for attaching one end of the pole, out to windward over the side of the boat. There, one of the control lines of whichever sail it is to be used with is run through a fitting on the other end of the spinnaker pole. This allows for more precise ...
Guy (red arrow), controlling the spinnaker pole. A guy (probably from Dutch gei, "brail") is a line attached to and intended to control the end of a spar on a sailboat. [1] On a modern sloop-rigged sailboat with a symmetric spinnaker, the spinnaker pole is the spar most commonly controlled by one or more guys.
The Parasailor and Parasail are patented and trademarked variants of a spinnaker sail for yachts. They were designed for cruising couples and short-handed crews and are considered to be easy to handle and well tempered. [1] These sails make it possible to use one sail as spinnaker and Gennaker. These sails can be used between 70 and 180 degrees ...
Code 2 is a medium air running sail, used for apparent wind angles over 90 degrees. Code 3 is a medium air reaching sail, used for apparent wind angles near 90 degrees. Code 4 is a heavy air running sail, used in the heaviest winds normally expected. Code 5 is a heavy air reaching sail, used in the heaviest winds normally expected.
A Laser 2 flying its spinnaker, with the crew on the trapeze. The Laser 2 is a sailing dinghy, built predominantly of fibreglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller with an extension and a retractable daggerboard. It displaces 170 lb (77 kg).
A screacher [1] [2] is a sail that combines the features of a spinnaker and a reacher.. Its similarity with a spinnaker is that it is not attached to a stay along its luff, and typically has a slightly larger curvature than a genoa.