Gybing an Asymmetric Spinnaker - It’s Easy!!!

In this video we demonstrate how to gybe an asymmetric spinnaker.
We are demonstrating on a Farrier-designed F-82R trimaran, but the process would be similar on any bowsprit-equipped sport boat, and even a heavier monohull where you're launching from the bow.
You can set up an asymmetric spinnaker for an outside gybe, with the lazy sheet around the outside of the luff, where the clew flies around the outside like a windsurfer.
Or you can set up for an inside gybe, with the lazy sheet between the luff and the forestay, and the clew goes through the inside much like a tack. I’ve done both many times and find inside gybes to be much more reliable in all conditions, so that’s all I ever do now on any boat.
The first thing you want to do is make sure the lazy sheet is clear, and not caught under the jib or anything.
Then you want to center the traveller so the boom doesn’t have as far to go.
Then you ease the active sheet and simultaneously pull the lazy sheet.
If you have a bowsprit, start turning the boat when the clew is around the forestay.
If you don’t have a bowsprit, it helps to have a crew member run the clew back to the shrouds on the new side, and to delay turning the boat until the clew is at the shrouds.
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[@LoanwordEggcorn]

So basically like tacking/jibing a jib. And easing the active sheet helps clear the spinnaker forward of the forestay (but behind (inside of) the spinnaker halyard).
Thanks for the video explaining and demonstrating it.

[@SailingTipsCa]

Yes pretty much like gybing the forward jib/Genoa on a cutter rig because you have the forestay to clear. So there's a bit of timing required in the release/pull/turn to enable the spinnaker to safely make it through the gap without wrapping around the forestay.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

@@SailingTipsCa Thanks. Makes sense and good analogy.

[@RyanDillon-RJD]

Love the short to the point video. It looks like you have a pennant from the clew to the sheets. Is there a benefit to that?

[@SailingTipsCa]

Glad you like it! Yes there is a short pennant from the sheets to the clew which is typical for sport boats. I think the theory is that the sheets are less likely to get snagged on the forestay during an inside gybe. However I didn’t have a pennant on my last boat and it wasn’t a huge problem…

[@RyanDillon-RJD]

Neat. I've had that problem, so I may just give that a go!

[@SailingTipsCa]

@@RyanDillon-RJD The nicest way to make them is to use eye splices in the sheet ends, and also the pennant end that attaches, and simply loop them through each other!

[@Jose-vr7sv]

Buenas tardes.Mi nombre es Jose , mi barco es un Corsair spring 750. Navegó en Almeria(España). Necesito información para arriar mi spinnaker asimetrico(rumbo,técnica de arriado....). La semana pasada mi spinnaker acabó bajo la quilla 😬😬

[@SailingTipsCa]

I definitely have a spinnaker dousing video on the list and I will post that as soon as I’ve collected enough decent footage. In the meantime here’s the general process we use while double-handed:
1) Crew member deploys jib or screacher to blanket spinnaker
2) Crew member grabs lazy sheet and takes to dousing location (e.g. bag on leeward net, companionway)
3) Driver eases tack line to depower sail, it should collapse behind jib or screacher
4) Crew member pulls lazy sheet, gathers foot of spinnaker to create “tube” behind jib or screacher
5) Driver eases halyard as crew member gathers spinnaker “tube” onto dousing location (e.g. bag, companionway)
6) If required the driver can steer the boat down to below a beam reach to keep things under control
Does this help?

[@Jose-vr7sv]

Thanks you very much, I’ll be very grateful when your video comes up.

[@SailingTipsCa]

Here's a spinnaker dousing video with a leeward takedown: th-cam.com/video/QyMKtxNZN_k/w-d-xo.html

[@AdamChecketts074]

Inside or outside sheets? You did inside... preference?

[@SailingTipsCa]

I have a strong preference for inside gybes - they seem much easier to execute reliably than outside gybes!