A note to those of you launching from the pulpit. Our bow lights are mounted on the top rail of the bow pulpit (I've seen other J30s were this is not the case). In certain situations, the chute can hang up on the bow light. A few months ago we launched for a broad reach in about 15kt winds, as soon as everything was up, I looked under the boom to see how the chute looked and there was a big square hole ripped out of it. Of all the times we've launched downwind thats never been a problem. Make sure whoever is on the halyard is watching the chute come out of the bag, especially on a broad reach.
