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Jibing a kite

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Created by atg > 9 months ago, 17 Apr 2011
atg
1 posts
17 Apr 2011 10:16PM
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If I set a spinnaker with a starboard pole and drop the headsail on the port side I will have the starboard headsail sheet over the pole. If I then jibe the kite what is ment to happen to the starboard headsail sheet?

badinfluence
QLD, 538 posts
18 Apr 2011 11:04AM
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been a long time since i used a kite but

....as long as the headsail sheet is outboard of the kicking strap and topping lift, when you take the old brace off the pole during the gybe, the headsail sheet should just fall to the deck if you had had the headsail sheet over the top of the pole?????????????????

obviously using a kite is not like riding a bike..one does forget



coldwombat
WA, 12 posts
18 Apr 2011 3:05PM
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Yep, that's it. Always keep the headsail sheets on top or outside the pole setup.

Poodle
WA, 868 posts
18 Apr 2011 10:19PM
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coldwombat said...

Yep, that's it. Always keep the headsail sheets on top or outside the pole setup.


Correct.

If cruising, or no hurry, sometimes better to just do the gybe then re-run the headsail sheets.

If racing, then you may need to keep the sheets sorted through the gybe. Best way is to think in layers - Kite is always outermost, pole, kicker & topper are inner most; and the jib & jib sheets live betwween the two.

...Not sure if that helps.......????

Poods


t03y
SA, 74 posts
19 Apr 2011 5:32PM
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if for whatever reason you need to swap the jib to the other side with the kite/pole up... make sure you change the sheets too! Things get very pear shaped at the leeward mark when you don't!



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