bdt Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 which kite set up works the best on a 16sq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Brisbane cat centre sell a good spinaker kit. Don't know how much. Basically the same setup as the F18s run with the midpole snuffer. Works very well I have used it on my 16sq and it is easy to hoist and retrive in all conditions. Kite is good up until about 15-18kts after that it gets ugly, put your googles and snorkle on you will need it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdt Posted July 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 hi scott thanks for the info just starting in 16sq , kite looked fun i am 80kg and we get mainly strong sea breezes . bcc had a lot of different options sounds like midpole works ok. thanks brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryK1200LT Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Hi Brad & Scot, I've been kicking the idea around of fitting a kite to our Nacra 5.2, which I believe is similar in sail area to the 16sq ? The only cat with a kite I've helped to rig was a Hobie tiger, and it took around 4 hours to get that boat rigged up ready to sail. (Granted only one person knew what to do at that time) I only sail for the sheer fun of it, and my partner and I can rig our Nacra and be sailing in around 40 minutes. I was wondering how much extra rigging time is normally required to rig the kite to a boat once you've become proficient at doing it? I'd like to get some feedback on how much extra time is generaly needed to rig a kite. Because if it takes twice as long to rig the boat with a kite, then I doubt I'd bother fitting one. Having said that, running down wind on the Hobie Tiger with the kite up was a whole lot of fun. Cheers Barry [This message has been edited by BarryK1200LT (edited 17 July 2007).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Leon and I used to rig our Hobie Tiger in about 40 minutes. It is easy when the two people both know how to rig the spinaker. I can rig my 16sq in about 30 minutes by myself, but when I put the kite on that blows out to well over the 1hr mark if not more! I only use it in distance races. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleverNickname Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 Barry, I have only rigged my spinnaker once, but reckon it would add a maximum of 15 minutes to the overall rigging time. The halyard is attached to the mast before raising - 1 minute. Attaching the spinnaker pole - 5 minutes. Attaching lines to spinnaker and stowing in snuffer - 5 minutes. Running halyard and sheet 4 minutes. Check out my post 'Nacra 4.5 Spinnaker' to find a link to my photos. Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dood Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 You must be good Barry to do it in that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dood Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 oops Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleverNickname Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Boy was I optimistic. I rigged the spinnaker on the weekend and it took me much longer than expected. I had to do everything at least twice because I was unfamiliar with the setup. After all the extra rigging time it was too windy for a novice spinnaker operator like me. Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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