narwhal wrote:
I think the halyard in the kit I got is too short for the AI2. On a starboard tack, the line interferes with the lower third of the spinnaker. I am thinking that they sized this for the pre 2015 AI. Has anyone else seen this? Also, I had an unrecoverable tangle when furling the main with the spinnaker stowed. I had to untie the halyard from the sail and pull it through the whole system leaving the mast topper unrestrained until I got home.
I am think of going with the pex design.
A suggestion I read here. Rethread the other end of the line (eg the part which threads through the grommets on the sail) so that on the tack where the spinnaker snuffer bag is opposite the spinnaker, the line coming out of the bottom grommet is on the side facing the snuffer. On the other tack, the sail will be close to the snuffer and the line won't interfere with the shape of the spinnaker.
BTW, on my TI, the halyard/backstay is only too short when I am raising the mast, so I add a temporary extension when rigging, removing it once the mast is up. There is nothing more disconcerting that finding downward resistance while you are lifting the mast vertically to get it into the mast mount
I agree it is easy to get such a tangle, but I have worked out a sequence which seems to work (so far).
Hoisting sails.Either sail goes up first, no difference.
Dropping sailsIdeally, spinnaker first, after partly furling the mainsail so the longest batten is tucked under the topper. However, if the spinnaker is flying, you can generally furl or unfurl the mainsail. I partly unfurl the mainsail when I plan to drop the spinnaker.
One thing that really does help though, is that when trimming the longest sail batten so it is flush with the top of its pocket, I think it is a good idea to totally remove the batten (which you should do to trim the >bottom< of it (not like dumbass me, who then had to buy a new top end fitting as I shortened that end!), and then reinsert it, so it is "relaxed" in its location. When I did this to mine, it now wraps tightly around the mast, rather than hanging out ready to tangle with the halyard/backstay