Hello folks,
This was posted on the Quantum site (may still be there) several years ago.
I did this back when we were first fooling around with A-sails on non-sprit boats.
The other method is to rig the sail as before, but the gybe is a dip pole gybe. The bowman has the lazy guy in his hands, and as the pole is tripped and lowered, the old guy will drop out, leaving the pole end clear so he can drop the new guy in. The tackline stays attached to the tack, but is left cleated with some slack-but not so much that the sail can get very far away.
This is 90% the same as a dip pole with a "normal kite", but the pit crew is actually switching the sail inside out-in this method you can't do the "outside" A-sail gybe-the clew must pass between the luff and the headstay-same as light air gybes on J 105's etc.
It takes some practice, but is quite slick once you get it down. I would try the "no pole" gybes until all are comfortable with it first. Also this is good for light-moderate air, but in heavy air it is much safer to do the outside gybe, so in those conditions lose the pole and do it that way.
Cheers!
This was posted on the Quantum site (may still be there) several years ago.
I did this back when we were first fooling around with A-sails on non-sprit boats.
The other method is to rig the sail as before, but the gybe is a dip pole gybe. The bowman has the lazy guy in his hands, and as the pole is tripped and lowered, the old guy will drop out, leaving the pole end clear so he can drop the new guy in. The tackline stays attached to the tack, but is left cleated with some slack-but not so much that the sail can get very far away.
This is 90% the same as a dip pole with a "normal kite", but the pit crew is actually switching the sail inside out-in this method you can't do the "outside" A-sail gybe-the clew must pass between the luff and the headstay-same as light air gybes on J 105's etc.
It takes some practice, but is quite slick once you get it down. I would try the "no pole" gybes until all are comfortable with it first. Also this is good for light-moderate air, but in heavy air it is much safer to do the outside gybe, so in those conditions lose the pole and do it that way.
Cheers!