I'm not too sure what your question is, but I sail an Inter 17R with spinaker.

my 17 page

I have a nice setup that uses 'jib' cleats on the front beam to hold my spinnaker. This setup allows me to easily pull in the spinnaker one-handed.

When it's 13+ knots, it pays to trapeze and go for speed. This setup makes it possible for me to go out on the trapeze under spinnaker. You wouldn't believe the feeling you will get, the boat sits down and starts to 'skim' the water, nerver ever wanting to dig in. My foot straps help a lot to give me some balance, I use my toes to keep me on the back. My 'jesus lines' also keeps me glued to the back. Even while digging in, I stay at the back, and wait for the boat to pull out, and go forward again.

i'd like to say how easy the 17R is in handling extreme weather. We sail on the St-Lawrence river, but it can still become quite an handfull in strong 15-20+ winds and small/steep waves from the wind and tides combined effect.

Remember to raise those boards, it's a 17 with the same boards than 18's and 20's....do the math

I hope this helped.

Phil Mascolo
Inter 17R #135

Catamaran Quebec web site