How to handle your Asymmetric Spinnaker - Practical Sailing Tips !!!

[@DouglassTaber12]

19 people who disliked this video don't have a clew!

[@frankjohnson8750]

Lol "clew"

[@frankjohnson8750]

There are people out there that think if you fall off a boat you're going to die horribly being eaten by sharks 🦈. And if you get ON a boat, you're going to fall off. 😆😅🤣😂👍 Even the dock makes 'em nervous 😓 😬 😅

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Ouch pun! :D

[@mattiacollalti5244]

😂🤣

[@furiouscupcake6545]

😂

[@liveaboardcruisers654]

We loved the tweaked and use of ratchet block for the sock downhaul. Will incorporate, thanks!

[@timcanary5881]

Very informative, well presented and calm !! Thanks for doing this.

[@weymouthtotheworld6839]

I took my first sailing lesson a couple of years ago, set off on an extended voyage one year ago. Decided to take on the Atlantic last November and desperately wanted/needed to fly the asymmetric that came with the boat, but don't know how. I've watched numerous videos but this is the only one that's explained it in such detail that I will now fly the chute the next opportunity. Thanks guys.

[@motorbiking18650]

One point worth mentioning for boats that don't have a pole. Easing the tack line is a great way to get the spinnaker out of the shadow of the main.

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

This is correct ! Thanks for the comment.

[@vusvis]

Only do it in light wind though, it will make the spi unstable in higher winds.

[@christopherlynch4347]

A load more content like this would be ace

[@josephlai9759]

That rachet block is a great tip. I wonder you could include a prusik abutting the block so it holds the spinnaker if the line slips from your hand. Much like an ascender in a rock climbing setup.

[@simoncoleman6923]

Very nice video & love the ratchet block & tweaker tips. I only saw one sheet being attached, so do you drop rather than gybe?

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

It's a really good question. Dousing and reflying may be the easiest way to jibe. That said, for cruising downwind, one might be on the same tack for many hours or even days. However, later in the video, they do have full sheets to both tack and clew led back to the cockpit.

[@i1uvpreppyxo887]

Thanks. Block on the sock line is a great move.

[@jeffatoms1]

We love you guys. We've followed you since the beginning and this was a very informative, helpful video. We have the same set-up but didn't quite understand the intricacies. It has always worked by intuition alone but you two nailed the pro tips to being safer and having more fun. The step-by-step, was very professional. Thank you, have fun and be safe! Jeff & Sue

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

Thank you for the feedback !!

[@bssdragon]

You may have just saved my marriage.

[@santiagoberlanga6290]

Que pena. Podríais poner los subtítulos en Español. Buen video. Gracias

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

KZbin may be able to automatically translate subtitles.

[@alexxela754]

Its called Gennaker? Isnt it?😅😅

[@robertcooke1774]

ive been sailing offshore solo since 1985 ,ive always used a pole

[@colincampbell-dunlop498]

What a great video. Particularly the bit about using the pole low down on the tack to give a deeper wind angle. Do you guys have your own channel?

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

Thank you for your feedback. You can follow Amy & Matt at their SY Florence channel kzbin.info/door/kExLY1E6CE-GPsMCdSjmxQ

[@arktseytlin]

what about gybing though :)

[@KustomSigns]

Great tips, I have always wanted to use my pole to bring the tack around but have never seen it done. I may be trying this out tomorrow.

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

Enjoy sailing and post your feedback if you have tried it out ;-)

[@rszkodzi]

Wonderfull instruction video and great tip with the rachet block.

[@obiwanfisher537]

Very, very good tips! :)

[@StefJuncker]

Really lovely video making... Congrats. Keep it up... You guys are great at this.. Produce more. Love it! Stef Juncker Cape Town Parapax tandem paragliding

[@davidncw4613]

Great content, Super ambassadors!!

[@jgreen7655]

I believe this may be the GREATEST Asym Video Ever. Just... Ever... LOL 🙂

[@MrBernie101]

As a solo sailor (most of the time) I luv my "cruising chute" and it's sock. I first rig the pole. then I hoist the sock, from out the fore hatch. Then I hoist a few feet of the sock and run the dedicated lines. then fully hoist the sock and make off the line to a mast cleat. Then back to the cockpit, bring the chute out of the shadow of the main and adjust the lines that are all led back, accordingly. To bring it down, I've rigged a piston shackle with a long tether, and let the tack fly, and repeat the hoisting in reverse order. BUT PLEASE NOTE !!! this works for ME, on my 11.3 (36ft) bilge keeled 13 ton Bermudan sloop. Barnacle Bern SW Wales

[@bseachamp]

Excellent you two! I'm in El Salvador on a mooring ball getting some work done and want to add a spinnaker set up for my 1989 Island packet 35. It doesn't have a halyard for a spinnaker. working on an external block at the mast head???

[@polepole9066]

Thanks for showing all aspects from start to finish. Most videos take for granted that we know the small details. As a intermediate sailor but Spi beginner I learned and understood a lot more. Cheers from 🇨🇦

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

Thanks for the feedback and enjoy sailing !

[@davidlane5190]

Hi Guys. My wife and I have enjoyed your videos for years, when we have both time and access to good WiFi. Thank you for producing such informative and pleasurable works of AV art. We are full-time cruisers, too, presently in Ireland, leaving for the UK in late April or early May, and hoping our paths will cross when you return to Portsmouth. With respect to this video, in particular, I returned to it today as we recently bought an almost new asymmetric spinnaker that we will use to fill the void of our beloved reacher/drifter that finally succumbed to years of use. My question is, you provided a great tip in this video for using the spinnaker pole to enable you to bear off the wind to a deeper reach or run; do you have any tips for how to eek out a few more degrees into the wind to sail higher than a beam reach? With our old drifter, we could get to about 60-70° off the wind, and we could also pole it out like a genoa and goose wing it opposite the mainsail to go dead downwind. Thanks for any suggestions. Safe travels for your upcoming Atlantic crossing. David Lane S/V AT FIRST SIGHT

[@Iainb1954]

Just started learning sailing in a 47' Samson CQuinn ferrocement staysail cutter. I have a gennaker, asymmetrical spinnaker, and this is the absolute bees knees of an instructional video on it's use. Brilliant! I have a couple of snatch blocks, so I'll be making a 'tweaker', or Barber hauler, and I LOVE the ratchet block idea, so sensible! Got a ratchet block on board as well, so...Thank you!

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

Try it out and send us a feedback :-) Enjoy sailing your spinnaker !!

[@hankgibson8848]

Can you expound on the type and size of the pole you use? It appears to be a telescoping whisker pole with storage on a track on the mast. The loads from controlling the tack on your asymmetric are obviously ok for this set-up or am I wrong and the pole is a fixed regular spin pole? Do you have some apparent wind limits on polling the tack of your asymmetric? We want to have just one pole for both a wing on wing main-Genoa and to sail deeper like you show with the asymmetric but have heard conflicting opinions. Thanks and love your tips and tricks!!

[@atakd]

If I sail deep angles with my asymmetric I dont fly white sails. Asym is 100m, full whites are 75. For the drop unfurl genny for wind shadow.

[@freedom35pedrick]

ATN recommends blowing the tack for the takedown- tack blown makes easy work for the shut….

[@henkkouwenhoven3106]

I'm basically using the same technique. But using a ratchetblock for downhauling the sock will certainly add safety. I will use it too !

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

Yes that's certainly a great setup to use a ratchetblock ..

[@idefix349]

@@rollytaskersails-group990 How do you get that line into the block, is it not a loop?

[@stevegrossman6830]

@@idefix349 I wanted to ask the same question. I looked to see if there was such a thing as a snatch ratchet block on the market but doesn't appear so

[@RobertKessmar-nd9zw]

There is one made by Harken. It’s called “Snatchet 65 Ratcheting Block”. Not cheap but what is nowadays.

[@skipkleger1659]

Mornin’, I volunteer to help deliver Friday if we can work out return transport. Please forward your favorite applicable spinnaker handling videos. S.

[@TonySaxby]

Great tips… going to save this for the future 😊

[@ajylizaliturri9210]

That sock & ratchet block!! OMG !! This could be a real game changer for our boat! Both for basic safety and racing!

[@anesthesiabeyond8519]

Love your tech and tip! Awesome 👏👍👍👍. Looking forward of more !

[@dp5475]

Did you mean to say you jaw the pole onto the tack line and attach a sheet to the jaw, or are you looping the sheet through the jaw, clipping onto the tack, and then unclipping the tack line from the tack and then onto the jaw? I suppose each way has its benefits or have you found the latter to be best? Love your videos.

[@TroyaE117]

Do you ever fly it without the mainsail up? When downwind, we are often short-handed just fly the one sail, a foresail. It needs to be rather big in light airs. The boat is a Union Polaris 36, long-keeled, and close to 11 tons all-up.

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

You can fly the spinnaker without the mainsail up. The advantage of flying the spinnaker with the mainsail is easy depowering during hoisting or taking it down. This can be in particular important if the wind picks up.

[@frednedgold4636]

thanks for the ideas looking forward to trying them out. bit more sailing fun coming up.

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

Thank you and enjoy spinnaker sailing :-)

[@Happ465]

Socks work with more than one person. Old technology. Furling Asymmetric is the way to go now.

[@normanscottsailing480]

very well done, very informative.

[@rimasmeleshyus9486]

Good job ,super awesome

[@tonycoutts-smith4654]

Very good idea the ratchet block for sock downhaul. Much safer.

[@joenegron8045]

Love the ratchet block for the spinnaker sock. WHat model and make block did you use? I can find a snatch block or a ratchet block, but not a ratchet snatch block.

[@RobertKessmar-nd9zw]

Harken makes one. It’s called ‘Snatchet 65 Ratchet Block’.

[@freedom35pedrick]

The drop - how about blowing the tack, then pull the shut down with little resistance….

[@DaveWatts_ejectamenta]

Just wondering why you change to the Genoa to go wing to wing and not go wing to wing with the asymmetric?

[@sailingsvmutiny1762]

Very educative video, clear explanation. The support of visual aids makes it very easy to follow. The hubby and I had a few times when it went wrong with the spinnaker. Thanks to this video that is history now. Just a quick question though; we have a symmetrical spinnaker, do these tips also apply for a symmetrical spinnaker?

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

This video shows handling of an asymmetric spinnaker. The symmetric spinnaker will be always set with a spinnaker boom. However tips like the ratchet block for the spinnaker sock can be adopted. Enjoy sailing !

[@kennethcole1907]

Great video, Florence.

[@korhancharlotte3619]

I was surprised to see you guys on this video other than your own channel.

[@dulls8475]

Great video.

[@davidhopkins]

Not clear to me how you are raising the pole. I guess you have another line aloft. I have a halyard for spinnaker, main and Genoa. They are all in use. Do I need to hold the pole up?

[@dp5475]

You don't have a topping lift? Need that, a down haul, working and lazy guys and sheets for spinnaker flying. Never tried it but maybe your lifelines could hold the pole level enough.

[@stefanodegresti3791]

Thanks for the tips, what about sailing just with the gennaker and close the main sail in order to sail with a wind angle of 160 without using the pole? Have you ever tried?

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

You can do that. Flying the gennaker with the mainsail has the advantage of depowering the sail behind the mainsail if you hoist the gennaker, or take the sail down.

[@zekevaltz9843]

I'll repeat what many others have said. You explain this very well. And your substantial experience offshore has given you the time to refine your technique. Thank you very much. Our boat is a little bigger so we had to use the items you mention plus a couple more to use our A2. We added a 4:1 block and tackle as tack line between the tack of the sail and the attach point on the bow. This allows us to adjust the luff shape easily. We run that line to our second (spare) windless and it makes adjustment easy when wind speeds are up. Our biggest problem came when gybing the A2. After a couple of gybes, the pulley for the sock line in the head of the sock got twisted and fouled the sock line when we tried to drop. Of course, the wind built rapidly and what we thought was plenty of seaway to leeward quickly became too little. We got it down, but it was a bear. Thanks again for your pointers.

[@mrpatlaw123]

Great video thanks

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

Thank you pat. We look forward to hearing the feedback of your new asymmetric spinnaker, after your Golden Globe Sail project and without using the spinnaker sock ;-)

[@mrpatlaw123]

It's going to be interesting. Definitely looking forward to using the new Rolly Tasker sails. Delighted with the plan you came up with. Sail-training should start in March

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

@@mrpatlaw123 Perfect, we look forward to hearing your feedback after testing your new sails, including your asymmetric and symmetric spinnaker

[@jefftregenza]

Ratchet block.... great idea.

[@hankgibson8848]

Your pole is a standard spin pole? Longer than your J length? Any issues with it being long enough to pole out your Genoa wing on wing? No dedicated whisker for that I reckon? Thanks!

[@RobertKessmar-nd9zw]

A “Rule of Thumb” for going to a pole for an asymmetric sail is that the pole can be 15% longer than your J dimension.

[@MarkyMars-diptripflipfantasia]

great video. thank you

[@novelistusonthewater]

Great Video. Looks like you know what you are talking about. I am a singlehanded cruiser on a 31 ft (HR 31 Monsun) boat and my asymmetrical is the sail I enjoy most. As I single hand I installed a top down furler and I am really happy with it. BUT ;-) .... Once I sail 150 deg or deeper I either have to take the mainsail down or put it on the other side. Which requires then at least a 160-165 deg angle to not backwind the mainsail which I of course have on a preventer. Sometime when the wind is a bit fickle I just take the mainsail down as it can get too stressful keeping an eye on it. Now I am thinking if I could use the method you do with the tack on the pole, that would be great and give me much better options and stability at least up to lets say 160. That would be awesome. But my tack of course is fixed on the furler disc on the bowsprit. Anybody, any idea of how I could still do this ?

[@martinwalker5049]

I stopped using markers for putting position marks on lines. They never last. Instead I'll just whip a section of the line about 1-1.5cm (1/2") in a contrasting color. For my headsail furling line for example I have 1 whipped marker at "first reef" and two with a 1cm gap at "second reef". My spinnaker halyard (I'm using a top down furler) has one mark that sits right at the rope clutch for the proper initial tension. The whipping lasts forever and doesn't jam in clutches, runs smoothly through blocks.

[@tommyc9237]

We love your channel and just discovered this very helpful video, thank you. Our Passport 47 came with an asymmetric spinnaker but we have not used it yet. That's about to change!!

[@fossilfool]

Inspiring, thx

[@latesttricksailingwithbenh454]

"Rolly Tasker sails come with the corners labelled". I'm sorry lol but all brand of sails do too. Looks like a great sail though.

[@thomsonsails]

What weight is your spin? A lot of cruisers get 1.5oz but I prefer 0.75oz because it's my light weather sail

[@GregHutto1]

The tweaker and ratchet block are great tips. I think you both could do this task single handed if needed....thank you for the tips.

[@petergarland7995]

Really good better than the North sails version esp mentioning block for snuffer lines which we have ! Would be embarrassing to let go of the snuffer lines when hoisting and see them float away to windward out of reach .

[@superresistant0]

never used a sock, I looks much easier than by hands

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

It's convenient for cruising. Try it out with your spinnaker !

[@williamthompson9080]

First time I have watched any of your videos, loved it and subscribed, look forward to watching more. Thank you 😀

[@Chris97302]

Watched you guys for sometime, but somehow missed this one. We are in the process of learning our new boat that has an asymmetrical spinnaker. So happy your video was the first one i saw on it's use. You guys are so very good at explaining things!

[@fraserduff-yv8tl]

Great I found that a really helpful clip and will add some of your recommendations.👍

[@texas11301]

What about gybing?

[@johnchan6191]

Wow, gr8 tips on handling spinnaker sail. Thx 4 sharing on Utube.

[@xen70]

Why not just run with the spinnaker wing on wing? It's has worked well for me

[@cindyrodger4867]

Thank you for all the tips on flying the asymmetric spinnaker!

[@MrSGhawker1]

No second (lazy) sheet attached to the clew? How do you gybe then….

[@philippadowney549]

Nice to see someone else poling the tack out, used to race a 1/2 tonner and did this, way more stable.

[@robertmann8895]

Did you attach the guy to the clew, to the tack line shackle, or does the tack line run through the guy's shackle?

[@mikecameron2407]

Such a great, helpful video. Thank you!

[@bill2292]

Great tipps, thanks! Could you please do a new video to address Catamarans.

[@whatnot0films]

pole jaws up or down? I have read rationals for both

[@RobertKessmar-nd9zw]

I would recommend jaws “up” when using a spinnaker pole. The weight of the pole assists getting the guy line out of the jaws.

[@2guysonaboat]

So thankful for this! You guys helped us use ours more often😊

[@unclerob617]

Matt & Amy, you two are awesome! Loved the video!!!

[@gabrielsoul6856]

Great tutorial. Makes 5 mast squareriggers look easy.

[@IanSGI]

Do you have two lines on the snuffer? IE one for uphaul and one for downhaul? Or just one continuous line? If just one, how do you get the ratcheting block onto the line (or is it installed permanently?)

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

The sock line seemed to be a loop, and I saw it already rigged in a block on the video. In other words, they stowed and deployed the sail with the sock line already looped into a block. They clipped or tied the block to the cleat or deck rail. (A line would be less noisy than a clip.)

[@utopia2112]

Great info presented well. Thx.

[@SailingLessPlastic]

Good video and tips! Well done!

[@JayBeBerg]

Where we sail in the Baltic, we've found that once the sail is up, either we have to change direction or the wind has changed. Rarely are we going in the same direction with the same wind for long enough to bother with it. Would love to sail longer passages with flying sails more often.

[@4droman]

wow second channel! are new videos coming?

[@bollaert994]

I realize by seeing your video that I underestimede the right use of a spinnaker, a really very instructive vid Thank you so much from Belgium! Fare and safe winds!

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

Thank you & enjoy sailing with your spinnaker !

[@jkstricko]

Can you explain the ratchet block you used. Is it some sort of snatch ratchet block or did you remove the cheeks to allow the continuous loop to run through the block

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

It looks like the sock line was a loop and they had the ratchet block already rigged to it.

[@escoladeitaliano]

Thank you so much!

[@byoung255]

Great video Amy and Matt!

[@rorymacintosh6691]

Nice tips, thanks!

[@pwkyt]

I much better understand the setup of my boat now... excellent video!

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

Thank you for the feedback & enjoy sailing !!

[@garrykennedy5653]

Great tips thank you

[@lucasspaniard8430]

Awesome video, lots of great tips. Thanks guys!

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

Thank you !

[@idefix349]

Could I ask for type an dimensions of blocks you use, and dimension and type of ropes ?

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

Depending on sail size. Average 10 mil dia.

[@francisverhelst9375]

Thanks good video, one remark: using a pole adds complexity to handling. Gennakers were invented for easier handling than spinakers… adding the pole adds up the complexity and for a couple sailing the two of them is not a very good solution… i guess we would be sailing on gennaker only if going really deep downwind without the main. The speed difference will be marginal…

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

Thanks for the comment. It is correct that cruising gennakers or asymmetrical spinnakers are popular because of easier handling. However some crews who have a boom and want to use it will gain a wider wind angle. Flying the gennaker with the mainsail brings the advantage of easier setting leewards the mainsail which is in particular important if the wind picks up as you can easily depower the sail when you take it down.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

The pole definitely adds complexity, but as racers they probably have much experience using it. I appreciated the idea that you can pole out an asymmetrical spinnaker in the same way as a symmetrical, in order to go deeper downwind. In reality VMG may be faster off wind rather than so deep downwind, depending on boat design, rigging, other sails, etc. So jibe it to the other tack rather than poling it out. Depends on the boat.

[@neilquigley1030]

I'd like a demo of how to hoist and drop an asymm kite for solo cruisers. I have a feeling that the only way to fly a asymm kite safely and efficiently is to have it on a (removable) furler (like Sailing Uma) instead of in a sock. Is that correct?

[@Iainb1954]

I don't have a LOT of experience with this sail (or much with any sails, to be honest!) but I haul the gennaker up in its sock, make it fast, then pull up the bucket. This lets the sail flap around, as the sheet is obviously loose, but that can be hauled in after the sail is out of the sock. If you have a crew on the sheet, so much the better! I don't...

[@neilquigley1030]

@@Iainb1954 thanks! i guess it's something each skipper has to practice on their own boat. Cheers!

[@MrRoompish]

Best ever❤

[@tkelkis]

thank you!

[@moanatane1832]

Thank you for the tips on setting the Asymmetrical spinnaker. Very well presented in a clear and uncluttered format.

[@rollytaskersails-group990]

Tank you for the feedback - glad you like it !