Eventually, this led to the creation of an asymmetric spinnaker, which was not only better suited to sailing higher angles but also simplified the spinnaker systems.
Instead of controlling the height and angle of the conventional pole, the entire technique was changed to hoisting, gybing and dropping the spinnaker from a fixed pole. Because the gybing pole was replaced with a single, central pole, gybing had become as easy as swapping the jib from starboard to port or vice versa. As a result of these developments, there is a clear choice in the performance-boat market between boats with different types of spinnaker, each with its own strengths and weaknesses.