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If you have a spinnaker halyard, you will be able to gyb with the sail flying forward of the forestay. I you are using a genny halyard, you will find it necessary to gyp the sail inside the forestay. If you try to gyp outside with a genny halyard, the halyard at the top will tty to tangle and you will have problems you won't want.
It is not a good idea to fly any spinnaker, cruising, asymeterical or standard pole type from a genny halyard. The spinnaker moves around a lot more at the top than does a genny and that extra movement will damage the genny sheaves.
Whether or not you have roller furling shouldn't matter except that if you try to roll the sail and the spinnaker and/or its halyard too close to the genny at the top, the spinnaker halyard will try to wrap, another problem that would suggest a genuine spinnaker halyard.
I used to own a C&C27 "Lark" (it's in C&C27 Tales) but went to a C&C34 a few years ago. But I still enjoy checking in on the Forum column once in a while. I sometimes get info that is generic to many if not all sailboats and, since I still have a soft spot for the 27, its just kind of enjoyable.
Fred (OKA-LEE)
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