Thanks for the help! Had our womans cup race on Saturday, which gave me time off from the helm to play with sail trim, and applied these new suggestions for an easy second place finish! Had another J30 owner out last night for trim and spinnaker training - I've had a 150 on for all the races, but may drop down to a smaller sail to reduce heel, as we're usually light on crew, and he noted we had excessive heel last night with only 15kts of breeze or so.
First time with the spinnaker up! Awesome - trying our first race this Wednesday.
We have a couple questions from Spinnaker set up - he has a downhaul attached right at the mast, where as we have a foreguy much closer to the bow. We were trying to decide pro's and con's of this. Should I put another loop closer to the mast, as it makes spinnaker trim easier (wouldn't have to adjust the downhaul everytime the guy is adjusted). Secondly, we use a roller furling, as it makes sailing with the 1 year old MUCH easier! Any suggestion on where to keep the spinnaker halyard, as it got twisted on the roller furling our first attempt.
