Spinnakers and single handing

["Chuck Vande Wetering" <wwp62@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello SJ 23 Skippers,

I have been so busy with posting notices and working on the 
SJ 23 page that I didn't take time to ask a question that I 
have. Since getting Hal Mueller's question about rigging 
spinnakers and the response  from Bob Schimmel, I have been 
meaning to ask you all what your experience has been with 
single-handing and spinnakers. I vaguely remember some 
previous correspondence on this. 

I mostly sail alone or with a wife who really prefers to 
stay off the deck. She will hold the tiller for me if it's 
not too cold. That's not a complaint, just a fact. As far 
as I know it is her only fault! 

Do you think a spinnaker gains that much over a 150 percent 
Genoa given a single-handed sailing situation? I love the 
look of them and could almost be persuaded to fly one just 
for looks. But I don't want to buy trouble! 

Chuck Vande Wetering
De Vliegende Hollander
San Juan 23 Internet Fleet Webmaster
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"I must go down to the seas again, for the call
   of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be
   denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white
   clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and
   the sea-gulls crying.

Verse 2 of "Sea Fever" by John Masefield
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