LDC Racing Saliboats RS700 Owner's Manual page 24

• As soon as you feel comfortable, grab the starboard pump handle and
pull on it as firmly and as fast as the elastic will allow.
• As the spinnaker reaches the top of the hoist, you will need to bear off
a little more. Reach in to the boat to release the elastic halyard take up
(see figure 5.2) and grab the spinnaker sheet.
HINT
A mark on the spinnaker halyard, just aft of the cleat, is sometimes easier to
see than the top of the spinnaker.
• Fill the spinnaker and head up slightly to gain speed.
• Before thinking of going out on the trapeze, you will need to pull in the
mainsheet to halfway, or more, and cleat it.
For those of you familiar with asymmetric sailing, you will remember how
important it is to ease the spinnaker as far as possible, so the luff is on the
verge of curling. An over-sheeted spinnaker is such a killer to speed.
Conversely nothing will make you capsize faster than a collapsing spinnaker –
so forget the mainsail and sta y sharp, focusing on the luff of the spinnaker!
Figure 5.1
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