Use the ATN Spinnaker Sleeve with your spinnaker, cruising spinnaker, and mizzen staysail. It's a simple idea that works amazingly well.
The problem is not to hoist the sail but to get it back on the boat. That's when the spinnaker sleeve makes the average sailboat owner a great sailor. Without any help, he makes that very powerful and expensive sail disappear with a minimum of fuss and trauma. And the sail is ready to be hoisted again immediately, no more packing!
The sail is already hoisted inside the sock. Simply attach a halyard to the sock's top and hoist it fully. Make sure that there are no twists in the sock by checking the colored strip that runs the length of the sock. Pull the uphaul and the sail will fill. To douse the sail, free the uphaul and pull the downhaul. The sail collapses and is packed at the same time.
The ATN sock was developed in Europe on Maxi Multi-Hulls and B.O.C. boats.
Ordering Information To select sock size simply determine your sail's leech stay length. Use that length if the sail is either an asymmetrical (a cruising spinnaker) or a symmetrical (regular spinnaker). Body of sock is white. The strip (pocket) color is gray.
The ATN features the following:
Single hand any spinnaker, reacher, gennaker, MPS, screecher or mizzenstaysail up to 15,000 sq. ft. (Mega sloop Frers/Huisman 156' "Hyperion") High-tech, ultra-light Kevlar Hoop matches shape of the spinnaker and will not warp under load Single control line led through separate sleeve eliminates fouling "Intrepid" line which will not kink Contrasting visual reference stripe Wire pennant with swivel at head of spinnaker prevents sleeve from affecting sail shape by allowing the sleeve to accumulate on the pennant Mesh construction allows sail to breathe, so that sails dry quicker, even while stored. Priced per Foot for Socks up to and including 54' in length.
Please note this item may not be returned, it is custom made to your length.
