Parachutes

[Jim Cate]

Seems to me that with a parachute type sail the "towing" forces can be taken out by "sheets" led to deck cleats rather than the mast. The free flying kite doesn't need the mast to get it up in the airstream. EG, kiteboarders don't have masts!

But, to be honest, I've not actually seen such a device deployed from a cruising yacht.

Jim

[jackdale]

Use the strongest part of your vessel, the primary winches, not the mast.

I would not want to be aboard when this set up gets over powered.

How do you reef a parachute?

[Nearly Cruising]

Only chutes I've seen have been flown from the mast and bow. The write ups on them all seem positive

[Nearly Cruising]

You wouldn't reef, you'd just drop it

[jackdale]

Originally Posted by Nearly Cruising

You wouldn't reef, you'd just drop it

How?

You could only use it downwind? How would you get enough speed to drop it?

[jackdale]

Originally Posted by Nearly Cruising

Only chutes I've seen have been flown from the mast and bow. The write ups on them all seem positive

I think you better show us this in action.

Links please.

[Nearly Cruising]

From what I understand you unroll your jib to blanket it and pull the lower sheet in till it's on the deck then lower your spinnaker halyard to drop it on the deck

[Nearly Cruising]

Don't know how to do links but I put a vid on YouTube under parachute on a catamaran

[Nearly Cruising]

Same sort of principal as a spinnaker

[Gabrieln]

You don't drop them. The "dead" position of a kite is straight up. And they don't work as parachutes, two different animals.

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[jackdale]

Originally Posted by Nearly Cruising

From what I understand you unroll your jib to blanket it and pull the lower sheet in till it's on the deck then lower your spinnaker halyard to drop it on the deck

That is close to how to drop a spinnaker, the slang term for which is "chute."

Just copy and paste the link.

[Nearly Cruising]

We've had one up once but only a short run. Dropped it in the water trying to get it down. Hopefully we've worked out a better way

[Nearly Cruising]

When I sailed dingys we used to drop them like that but that was a long time ago and a much smaller beast

[Nearly Cruising]

Hopefully this is the link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiXnSWX4mnk

[Jim Cate]

Ok, I see how you propose to fly it. Don't see that it would create any more stress on the mast than a regular spinnaker of similar area.

Jim