Flying a spinnaker may be your best sail plan when sailing downwind in light conditions. Taking additional time in preparing to hoist will increase your success with avoiding the two most common spinnaker mistakes or accidents: hour glassing or spinnaker wrap and fouled halyards or sheets. In the previous post, careful spinnaker bagging was covered, so let's eliminate the next most common mistake, fouled lines. It is just as easy! When preparing to set the spinnaker: Attach

Flying a spinnaker is exciting and may be your best sail plan when sailing downwind in light conditions. Taking additional time to avoid the two most common spinnaker mistakes or accidents will lead to a more enjoyable, less dramatic experience. Both fouled halyards or sheets and hour glassing or spinnaker wrap can be initially avoided through careful preparatory measures starting with bagging the spinnaker. If this is your first experience, take your sail to a large, grassy