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selene:
Well, the peer pressure is mounting, and I am beginning to look for a gently used spinnaker, probably an asym.  Do you have one rigged?

For a while I had a sistership "Enchantress" opposite me; he picked up a gently (twice) used spinnaker for $800, all the extras  <sigh>. His good fortune planted the seed...and the light winds in the fall are also providing further encouragement....

Selene was never rigged for a spinnaker; Clearly a halyard would be a starting point, requiring a block on the beak at the masthead.  Enchantress was following a minimalist route, simply relying on the halyard and using the quickrelease shackle just behind the forestay.  I have also read the article on this site posted by Ping...

If you have a spinnaker, how do you have it set up? Any advice?

Just at the planning stage right now....

Captain Bri:
I don't have a spinnaker rigged but... there is a nice write-up for one on the projects page:

http://www.pearson323.com/projects/spinnaker_rig.pdf

Rusty Pelican:
Rigging for a spinnaker is easy. P323 has a parrots beak.  I picked up a brand new Hood Tri-radial Asym at the Newport RI boat show, about 10 years ago. Paid $800 cash, it is my favorite sail. When most people are motoring, we be sailing. 

Free advice.  It came down to a full cut sail from Doyle, with a smokin snuffer. Hood had a better sail, but a low end snuffer.  The Hood guy said don't worry about the sunffer, he was right.  Get the best sail and forget about the snuffer.  Get the 3/4 oz cloth, it set better.

selene:
Rusty Pelican, thanks for the advice....how do you run the lines?  Block at the end of the track, or....?  It looks from the pic like you don't have a second winch on either side - just an extra pair of cleats?

Wandering_bill:
I have a A-symmetric on Wanderer
It's from the 80s (called "the flasher") but in good shape, light use by PO I guess. It does have a sock which was pretty worn and ripped the first and only time I've used it (only had the boat 2 windy months)
It's halyard is rigged to what I image Rusty Pelican refers to the "parrots beak" on the mast head. It's a small overhang on the port side of the top of the mast. Rigged the tack to a block inboard of the roller furler. Then I just led the sheet through the jib car and back to the winch in the cockpit.
It worked great.
I don't think you need a lot of extra running gear for it if you aren't racing with it.

-Bill

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