The commonest cause of a torn panel or even the total loss of the spinnaker is the infamous “hourglass wrap." With a sudden gust from ahead, the spinnaker wraps itself several times around the forestay in such a way that it forms two big bulges, one above the other.
Isizathu esiqheleke kakhulu sokukrozuka kwapanel okonye ukutshabalala kuphele kweseyile engunxantathu ``sisisenyelo seglasi enenttabathi ethatha iyure ukuhla'' engadumanga. Ngesivunduvundu sequbuliso esivele phambili, iseyile engunxanlathu iyazisenga amaxesha athile ukujikeleze i forestry ngehlebe apha yakhe ufuvumalo olubini, elunye phezu kwelinyi.