Re-thinking the Spinnaker

I've been thinking a lot about Santeria's spinnaker set-up. As mentioned before, the boat is rigged for fully crewed symmetrical spinny sailing and could use some improvements. Here is what I was thinking....

1. Currently hardware'd for fully crewed sailing and could use some overall equipment and  hardware placement improvements 
2. Run spinnaker halyards, up and down hauls aft using organizers and rope stoppers. - With the installation of the clutches and rope stoppers this summer, there isn't that much to this task.
3. Improve spinnaker sets and retrievals using some basic dingy concepts

#1 and 2 are well in hand, however #3 is still up for discussion.

For set and retrieval improvements I am looking at 2 different options (in no particular order):

Option A - Horizontal spinnaker sock. Starting with a retrofitted ring, either built into the pullpit, mounted to the deck, or made from other rigid material installed at or near the pullpit.

A few examples of ring systems:

From as Laser 2

From a 550

Front View from a 550

The sock is then attached to the ring with its rigid rim. The sock material extend back toward, and about 1 foot beyond the mast. The sock lays flat on your deck with a retrieval line going from your cockpit, up the centre of the sock. 

With 2 retrieval grommets properly installed along the center 1/3 and 2/3 luff positions of the spinnaker, launches and douses become a piece of cake. The spinnaker sheets and halyards are attached to the head, tack and clew of the spinnaker and the retrieval line is run through the lower 1/3 spinnaker grommet, up the outward facing portion of the spinny to the top 2/3 grommet and terminated so it doesn't pull out of the grommet....like this

Before racing, the spinnaker is pre-hoisted at the dock and and doused into the sock system, ready for action. A 10 ft long sock is required to douse a 30 ft luff spinnaker (as Santeria's spinnaker luff is around 30 ft)

Option B - Vertical spinnaker sock.

Crewing on Sumac over the last 2 years, I have seen and used this hoisting and dousing system. It's a very appropriate system for fully crewed boats with dedicated foredeck crew. In Santeria's case, it's more likely that it will be raced single or double handed. I haven't decided whether this is an appropriate system for hoisting and dousing the spinnaker short handed.