I’ve been sailing primarily on the J/105 Masquerade for the past six years, and in that time I’ve made every mistake possible (that I know of). Shrimping, big knots, torn spinnakers, you name it. But ...

In this series, we’ve already covered tacks and jibes. Now for a few words on spinnakers. Fortunately, for the most part, the key principles apply to both asymmetrical and symmetrical spinnakers. If ...