![]() ![]() Check Out Other Sailing, Maneuvering & Mooring Related Articles and Videos Any Questions About Sailing With a Gennaker? The sailing with a gennaker video footage was created while sailing from Turks & Caicos to Fort Lauderdale Florida off the coast of Cuba in the Atlantic Ocean. Lastly, pull or let out the sheet according to the wind and boat direction. This ensures a bit of tension is on the sail to help it unfurl or furl.Ħ. ![]() Somone in the cockpit will control the active sheet. It’s a wheel that has a continuous rope fed through it to allow us to furl or unfurl. Unfurl the sail from the foredeck using the manual furling unit. We’re getting closer to sailing with a gennaker!ĥ. Hoist the head up to the top of the mast using the gennaker halyard. The ‘furling unit’ allows us to manually roll the sail out and in.Ĥ. They will control the sail shape similar to jib/genoa sheets. The ropes or sheets, attach to the clew and run back to the winches. The head is attached to a rope (halyard) that will pull it up to the top of the mast and a rope (sheets) on either side of the boat attaches to the clew. The tack attaches to a furling unit that is attached to a fitting on the hull or a pole near the very front of the boat. Note that the sail will have ‘head,’ ‘tack’ and ‘clew’ written on it.ģ. Lying the head, or top of the sail, towards the mast and the tack (bottom corner of the sail) towards the bow, or front of the boat. This is how we go sailing with a gennaker: 1. The gennaker is rigged like a spinnaker but the tack, or bottom corner of the sail, is fastened to the hull and the other corner (the clew) is attached to the sheets that control it. The gennaker sail is a cross between a genoa, or front sail, and a spinnaker, a very large colored sail.Ī gennaker is not symmetric like a spinnaker but is asymmetric like a genoa, but the gennaker is not attached to the forestay (permanent fitting from mast to bow) like the genoa. A gennaker is typically a colored sail used when the wind is coming from one of the back corners of the sailboat, blowing the boat forward, and works great in light winds. Below you’ll find a video about sailing with a gennaker and the steps necessary to set the sail up. ![]()
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