[ham] Re: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Soliciting Practical Advice

[Michael Meltzer]

you know you are only about an hour from the house, if spring ever comes ;-) why not stop up some weekend and I can take you out
with IMF and harken furling(100 or 135) and maybe even stans new IMF(hint hint Stan :-).


MJM


----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine Allison" <sailnut@asan.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 4:48 PM
Subject: [ham] Re: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Soliciting Practical Advice


> > Genoa does fine furled up.  I got the rail bury a
> > little in this pictures but I don't worry about things
> > like that till the portholes go under the water.  Been
> > there, done that too!!>
>
> My purpose here is not to say you cant furl the 175 to whatever degree you
> desire.  Neither do I deny that the sheets can be led in a fashion that
> allow the sail (in its furled state) to be set so it draws.
>
> Poor sail shape which results from over reefing via a furler manifests its
> self via much less drive to windward and greater heeling at any given wind
> velocity.
>
> My proposition, and any sail maker will agree, is that severely reducing the
> size of the sail via a furler leads to very poor sail shape and the
> possibility of permanent distortion of the sail its self.
>
> Any time you are burying the lee rail to the point where the ports are awash
> is not good practice.  That's for many reasons not the least of which is
> that you are sailing MUCH slower then you would with 16 to 20 degrees heel
> which is right amount for just about any sailboat.  The Rhodes seems to be
> very sensitive to being labored and I have observed the speed (via GPS) fall
> off drastically at high angles of heel.
>
> Excess heeling places a great deal of strain on the rig which could be
> dangerous.
>
> Remember once you reach hull speed the excess power generated by the sail
> plan will manifest its self as heel not velocity.  It is much the better
> procedure to reef the rig sufficiently so that the lee rail is seldom
> buried.  You will be more comfortable, sail faster and be safer.
>
> Richard Smith
>
>
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