The winds yesterday Friday 15 may were so light I decided to fly the asymmetrical
spinnaker and it was great until about 6pm, when there was a wind shift with some force and a choppy swell. The
Spinnaker went inside out and wrapped itself around the headsail
furler about half way up and proceeded to spin tighter all the way to the top even enveloping the sock. One hour latter needing the break I tried to make the regular
radio call with Greg and Melissa on Pura Vida, no luck Propagation is bad at the moment even email has to be sent at the higher frequencies. Time to think and listen to the
radio. If I can't get it down I can't use the headsail, me thinks to self, but I do have a staysail so all is not lost; just a bit slower and if I get the guts I will fly the symmetrical
spinnaker if needed. So Up to the for deck to set up the inner fore stay just as I tighten the high field lever the
spinnaker takes a flap as I hadn't got around to lashing it down, and the inner fore stay acts as a peeler and as I rotate the
furler by hand it peels the
spinnaker off the
furler. Once down on deck I stuff the lot into its bag and there it will stay..until the next time I decide to fly it. Moral of the story, don't always do things in the order they should be done, you might get a nice surprise.
POS 07,28N 130,09W Sunny hot,dam hot water temp 28C light wind
Simon