Spinnaker Sailing

Yup that’s right! Having written previously about spinnaker sailing over at Boatpride.com/spinnaker-sailing.html I wanted to get the word out to everyone interested in this topic.

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Spinnaker sailing is not the most easy of situations, as I’m sure you will agree. The sail itself is huge. Much bigger than any others. Rigging it alone can be a mind bending exercise. Sure after repeated time on the water with the right conditions and a patient skipper who does not mind the boats logo upside or back to front – helps, a lot.

So spinnakers are a complex scenario. Practice is great! Lots of practice is better. The crunch comes when your gybing round a point and there are boats supposed to giving water and ……………. Well maybe its only me! Racing with spinnakers is wild excitement. Certainly teaches a thorough respect for the sea! Anyway without further ado check out

http://www.squidoo.com/spinnaker-sailing

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