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14. 15. 16. 17.
and there’s nothing wrong won’t have the main
with that, but we can also to consider when
go for a ‘live’ gybe. Start we gybe.
by centreing the main. As From a handling
you take the stern through point of view, I find
the wind, gybe the main and ease the that the cruising chute is workable short
cruising chute sheet allowing the sail to handed in anything up to 20kn of wind.
fly ahead of the boat. Then sheet in on After that the loads become too much. You
the new leeward sheet. You’ll turn the only have to have a snuffer jam to realise
cruising chute outside itself ahead of the just how much power there is in the sail as
boat (Pic 14, 15, 16, 17). You can also gybe you try to wrestle it down to the deck.
21.
the cruising chute by turning it inside When you prepare to hand your cruising
itself between it and the forestay, but you chute, put on the donk and head for home everyone that you’re under engine, but it’s
need a member of crew to feed the sheets under main and engine or ‘Solent Rig’ as courteous to let people know that despite
through the gap. Allowing the sail to I hear it called (although I expect it could having a main set you are in fact a power
fly ahead of the forestay is by far the easily be called East Coast, Largs, West driven vessel. Added to which, if anything
easier way. Coast or West Country rig for that matter) untoward were to happen, not showing
If we don’t have a main up then not remember to hoist your motoring cone the correct daytime signal could put you
only will the cruising chute be able to take (Pic 21). From the fact that you’re roaring at a disadvantage in court or with insurers,
us directly downwind on its own, but we along head to wind it should be obvious to who may be looking for a way out. ■
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18. 19. 20.
Who says that cruising chutes can’t take us dead downwind?
Here we are without a main to blanket the chute and we’re running at 160° (Pic 18), 180° (Pic 19) and then a bit further, by the lee, at 200° (Pic 20).
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