Benefit of Foredeck Hatch Drop

We do it down the hatch. Our pointy end guys re-launch with little or no work or re-organization, as long as no one fucks with the gear or screws the takedown. If it's a straight leeward takedown and a bear away set. If you have other combinations sometimes the gear has to be moved, but the tapes don't generally need to be run unless something bad happens. (said from the perspective of the guy sitting in the back of the bus of course...but I did bow on my boat once!)

On a big boat the companionway can be pretty damned far from where the spinnaker is flying. It is less practical to douse to the companionway. You'd have to drag it around 2/3 of the boat, and there's stuff going on there.