[Rhodes22-list] UPS Revisited

[Rik Sandberg]

Ed,

The reason I am looking at the UPS sail is that you can sail upwind with 
it, as well as down, but it is much lighter than my current 175. This sail 
mounts behind the present jib and furler and would require another fitting 
attached to the deck. Supposedly one can set this sail on it's own luff and 
tack it just like a normal jib. If I am understanding correctly, this is 
positioned somewhat similar to the self tacking jib setup that Stan has 
been working on. That's what makes me think that a 60 or 70% storm jib, 
also flown on it's own luff might work also. One might need a winch or a 
set of blocks at the mast to get enough tension on the halyard though. I 
would think that the sheeting for this should not be an issue. At most one 
might have to extend the outside genoa track we are using now

This sail may be light enough that it doesn't need poles and as such, 
should be much better for singlehanding. Or if it does need a pole, a 
whisker pole, which I already have, will be plenty.

Rik


At 08:07 PM 10/27/2002 -0500, you wrote:


>Rik:
>      A sail such as a spinnaker (both kinds) can be mounted to the bow
>pulpit.  All you need is a bail and block attached to the top of the
>mast.  Check past post for part #.  It is not technically fancy but it
>works.  Then you can look at Roger's and Michaels post and pictures on
>how to better run lines and spinnaker pole attaching rings.  Used
>spinnakers of approximately the right size can be had cheap compared to
>new.  After you find that you like things, then you can spring the big
>bucks for a custom made new sail.
>                                         Ed K
>
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