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Return to the Forum List  Spinnaker nappy | Does anyone have a schematic or something about how to use the nappy? I have no idea.
Cheers, Barry
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| | Re: Spinnaker nappy | I have never heard the term spinnaker nappy. Can you be more specific. The trapeze harness is sometimes called a nappy but I am at a loss when referring to a spinnaker.
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| | Re: Spinnaker nappy | Also known as a turtle? On my boat it's a canvas triangle lined in shock chord that *I think* you just stuff the spinnaker under when it's hauled in.
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| | Re: Spinnaker nappy |  In a small boat like a 125 there are 2 main ways to store a spinnaker when not in use. A chute on the foredeck or a bag in the front area of the cockpit.
A turtle or its derivations are used on larger boats where the crew weight on the bow is not a problem. The spinnaker is packed and stored in a container below decks, and carried to the bow and connected to the halyard and sheets prior to hoisting.
Bags are generally used by more experienced and stronger crews.
Basically the spinnaker is gathered in by hand and stuffed into the bag screwed onto the aft face of the mainbulkhead. For hoisting the spinnaker, the crew picks it out of the bag whilst the skipper is hoisting the halyard.
A chute is any device on the bow through which the spinnaker is drawn around and into a storage sock. The storage is automatic by the skipper via the bottom end of the spinnaker halyard being used as a retrieval line attached to the centre of the spinnaker. This leaves the crew free to just handle the spinnaker pole, sharing the workload.
The chute mouth can be from a simple aluminium bar across the bow from gunwhale to gunwhale, a fibreglass moulded chute or a "toilet seat" shape cut into the bow cover of a timber 125. It is important to have the entry point smooth and well rounded to permit the bunched up sail cloth around the retrieval line to pass over it and into the storage sock.
You are well advised to have a look at other 125's in your area. The club contacts page on this website is a good starting point.
The attached pic should give you an idea on how a the 2 different systems work..
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| | Re: Spinnaker nappy | Hmm, OK. Will take a pic of my set-up this weekend. I guess the crew just stuffs it under the set-up I have on my foredeck.
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| | Re: Spinnaker nappy | i think the bag out the front is good if you have a experienced skipper, and a learning crew...and a bag inside the boat for a less experienced skipper, and more exprienced skipper...not compelty sure since if never skippered a 125, but it seems to work a bit like that
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