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If you have some open water and light to moderately light air, I would say go for it. Really, flying a symmetrical chute on a cat is incredibly easy. You will need standing blocks near the bows (as Dave points out). Run guys through both blocks and cleat off the windward guy, leaving the leeward one loose. Have your sheets run well aft (and of course outside all standing rigging) to blocks and in this case, cleat off the leeward sheet, leaving the windward running loose. Attach the halyard, raise the chute and then raise the sock, trim the leeward sheet and voila!
As Dave mentions, without a pole (and with both guys at the ready), jibing is incredibly easy. The only concern (especially when singlehanding) would be spinnaker wrap around the forestay - I might leave jibing to another day (when crewed) for your first attempt. And to avoid collapsing (and again potentially wrapping) the chute, I would avoid running dead downwind. Your solid fordeck should make setting and dowsing the chute particularly safe and simple.
Brad
Brad
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