Norm, Spinnaker sheets should be led as far aft as practical. Since I don't know where your cocpit cleats are I would recommend a pair of blocks tied to the stern cleats. The spinnaker sheets/guys would lead outside the shrouds thru the blocks at the stern and then forward to the crew position. The normal method of attaching the sheets to the spinnaker is with a pair of brummel hooks. With the brummel hooks you can lead one of the sheets from the aft block, outside the shrouds, outside the forestay and back towards the cockpit where you will launch the spinnaker. You can connect the two sheets together and pull the connection point around the forestay to the other side if you guessed wrong when you set it up. Thanks Doug Kelch "Seas the Day" --- Norm Bundek <nbundek@earthlink.net> wrote:

I finally opened a small bag which contained a spinnaker. I would be on the water today except for the heavy rains in the Los Angeles area. The spinnaker's luff is 13' and the width between the clews is 11'.

For those M15'ers with spinnaker experience: Would you run the spinnaker sheets through the jib fairleads located on my cabin top just aft of the mast? Or, run the sheets back to cleats in the cockpit (double set of cleats are installed now)?

I noticed a heavy cloth loop attached to the center of my spinnaker. Is this a place to attach a small line to take the wind out of the sail when taking down (pulling it in from the middle?

Does anyone use a spinnaker sleeve?

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