[Rhodes22-list] UPS Revisited

[SVTRITON@aol.com]

hi
first the important issue..mary lou..mine is green yellow and white and looks 
beautiful
doug has the shot of the pad eye and said he would post it when he has a 
chance
stan installed it so he would have to comment on how that was done....i 
usually set the sail before i leave...only once was i wrong about the wind 
but thats luck..what i do is furl it and drop it ...it falls on the 
deck..then i walk into the cabin and grab the halyard and secure it while 
still attached to the sail...the other end of the halyard runs through a cam 
cleat.....if i need it again i just raise it and unfurl it...as for the 
sheets...i use a separate set for each because i dont want to go on deck to 
change it and the sheets for the ups are half the size of the genny...yes it 
does get a little confusing as to where they go because the set youre using 
has to be on top so you have to play with it but this can be done from the 
cockpit and is not a problem after a couple of tries...lastly you can go wing 
and wing with it and the genny but in really light air i found it more 
trouble than its worth because the genny keeps collapsing...it needs a pole 
and i dont like to leave the cockpit....i usually use the main but with imf 
it is pretty useless
.....has anyone tried to do a wing and wing with the imf main  letting out 
the furling line instead of the mainsheet...i havent tried it and am still 
thinking about what can go wrong..
best to all
tom