Level 10: Bear-away Spinnaker Hoist

The spinnaker sections assume the use of a dip-pole jibe method, with a double ended down-haul lead from the pole end to the cockpit. Further more, it is assumed that we are sailing windward-leewards with marks to port and the genoa is set in the port groove with the port halyard. Adjustments will be needed if headsail changes are made.
Preparations:

Setting up the pole:  The pole is already on the mast ring.  Set the end of the pole on the starboard side of the boat.  The downhaul is already attached to the end of the pole (make sure it does not foul on the dockline chocks).  Bring the starboard jib halyard to the mast and close the shackle on the top of the mast-ring car around the line.   Clip the halyard to the ring of the uphaul bridle, making sure the lazy jibsheet is over top of the bridle and in front of the halyard. This clears the foredeck for tacking. Now setup the sheets and guys which should already be clipped to the lifeline at the bag location on the port side. If the sheets and guys are on the starboard rail, clip them together and run them around the forestay to the bag location and clip them to the rail.  Clip BOTH the starboard sheet and starboard guy into the pole end-fitting, making sure to bring the loop inside the pulpit and below the lower railing.
Setting up the sailbag:  Clip the spinnaker bag to the port rail.  Attach the sheet and guys. The sheet shackle goes on the clew-ring and the guy shackle clips to the ring of the sheet shackle (this allows for dropping the guy in light conditions).     Bring the starboard spinnaker halyard from the mast-base and clip it to the head of the sail (on starboard tack, just come forward and around the headstay, on port tack, come back around the leach of the jib and then forward around the headstay).  Using electrical tape, tape the halyard to the pulpit with one wrap.   Leave enough slack so the jib does not get distorted by the halyard.
Crew positions:  Bow-man tending to the spinnaker bag, guy and sheet (stays back at the mast unless needed in the bow).  Mast-man#1 tending to uphaul and spinnaker halyard.  Mast-man#2 tending to spinnaker halyard and releasing the jib halyard.   Jib-trimmer at the leeward primary winch.  Jib-tailer at the windward primary winch. Checkstay-trimmer in the hotbox

Hoist the Pole:

When the boat is on starboard tack and on the layline approaching the windward mark, the Skipper calls 'On the Layline'.  The helm continues to call out the distance to the mark in boatlengths, 20 lengths, 10 lengths, 5 lengths, 2 lengths, 1 length, Rounding. Mast-man#2 opens the shackle on uphaul and reclips it with the jib sheet inside the halyard, he then opens the shackle on the top of the mast-ring car freeing the uphaul. Mast-man#1 hoists the uphaul to take out slack. The bowman calls the pole hoist based on the Mast-man team and how long they need. The object is to have enough time, but to hoist as late as possible. If a last minute tack is needed, it is imperative that the pole be on the deck.
The bowman calls HOIST the POLE then Mast-Man#2 hoists the mastring to the mark on the mast as the tip of the pole is rasied (the ideal hoist has the pole moving parallel to the water).  The Jib-trimmer and Jib-tailer make sure that the guy remains slack.  The downhaul must be set on its marks to allow it to be poled aft. When the pole reaches a horizontal position, Mast-man#1 calls 'pole hoisted'.  The Genoa-tailor (now known as the Guy-guy) loads the guy on the windward primary winch and the Checksay-trimmer loads the sheet on the leeward secondary winch.  All slack is pulled out of the sheets and guys, without pulling the sail out of the bag.   The cockpit crew calls 'ready to hoist'.  Now we wait until the boat reaches the windward mark.

Hoist the Spinnaker:

At the 2 boatlength distance, the Genoa-trimmer hands off the jibsheet to the Checkstay-trimmer and moves forward to the starboard-side chainplates with the spinnaker sheet. The Guy-guy hauls of both the starboard sheet and guy as the bowman feeds the tack to the jaw on the pole. This is called 'cheating the guy'. The bowman holds the sail tight against the lee side of the jib.
As the boat clears the mark, the Main Trimmer 'dumps' the main-sheet and the jib is eased, keeping it in perfect trim. The Skipper calls 'Hoist the Spinnaker'.  Mast-man#2 jumps the halyard, breaking the tape on the pulpit and rocketing the sail to a full hoist. the Mast-man#2 is pulling the halyard through the stopper and has 1 wrap on the winch. As the head of the sail nears the top of the mast, the Guy-guy trims the guy bringing the pole aft. The Genoa-trimmer keeps very light tension on the spinnakersheet and waits to trim the sheet until he sees the mast-men have a full hoist or need to grind the last few feet of halyard. The trimmer then trims the chute..
Douse the Jib:  As soon as the cute hoist is underway the Bow-man moves back to the jib halyard stopper and releases the halyard, immediately lowering the jib.  The Bow-man scoots forward and pulls the sail down the TUFFLUFF   while Mast-man#2 come over from the starboard side of the boat and help collect the sail on deck and secures it under the bungee cord.  The Bow-man refeeds the lufftape of the genoa through the pre-feeder, the feeder and into the TUFFLUFF and clips the fraculator line shackle around the halyard, above the halyard's stopper ball.   The Checkstay-Trimmer eases the backstay all the way and calls 'Backstay Eased". Mast-man #2 grinds the masthead forward. Mast-man #1 eases the Outhaul, re-sets the vang. Mast-man #2 Eases the main-halyard for down-wind settings..