Anatomy of a Spinnaker Set: Part 3 – The Poleless Jibe Set So the tactician decided to jibe set too late to get everything set up (figures). No problem, we’ll just set the spinnaker without a pole and sort it out later! This is strictly a light to moderate air maneuver and we’re gonna need to practice this one. The idea is the same as a jibe set, but the setup is the same as the bear-away set. We hoist the spinnaker without the pole as the boat turns down and rotate it around the front of the boat through the jibe, then set up the pole on the new windward side. Sounds simple doesn’t it? 1. Approach to Layline Tactician – boned it. Who needs tacticians anyway? Everyone else – set up is the same as a bear-away set. If we knew we wanted to jibe by this point, we would have set up for a jibe set. Bow – You’ve probably hooked up the sail on the port side already. This is fine and will sort itself out. Get started as soon as possible as you have