THE CUSCUS wrote:The blocks stay on the sheet, and there is a stopper knot about a foot from the end and another at the end. The only spinnaker rigging that stays attached to the boat is the halyard and the down haul (which acts as a Cunningham line for my hacked on headsail.
Guess again... it is a lot of hassle to lay out the sheets and tack line in readiness to launch the spinnaker every time you think you'll have the winds in your favour. In the end I found it easier to use a shackle at the attachment ends of the sheets, tack line and halyard and clip them to the pulpit when not in use, My spinnaker lines are permanently laid out and strung through the blocks ready to attach as soon as the opportunity presents itself. The spinnaker and sock are stuffed into the bag with just the tack, clew and halyard attachment points showing so that when the time comes I can poke my body through the forehatch and unclip all lines from the pulpit and attach to the spinnaker assembly and then hoist. I then raise the sock and quickly slip back to the cockpit to manipulate the control lines that are already in place. Makes for easy spinnaker deployment. You'll only try it the hard way a couple times before you realize that all spinnaker control lines have to be laid out permanently.
