[Rhodes22-list] Raven's spinnaker

[Mark Kaynor]

Roger,

Thanks. That's Julie on the leeward side - we were actually pretty level
until this one gust came up - I was on the windward seat and was moving up
to the windward rail just as the friend with the camera took the picture -
we leveled out again right after this shot (no comments on how my weight
could have contributed to that, please <g>).

Thanks for the tips - we're real spinnaker novices at this point. You may
notice a resemblence between this sail and the one of 'Gary Sanford's Raven
with her spinnaker set" on the rhodes22.org site - it came with the boat and
I don't remember where Gary said he purchased it. I've seen the ring of
beads before and wondered how necessary it was. Pointing higher with the
spinnaker is a good thing, though, and we'll look into it.

We had it up again today and, even though it seems smaller to us than the
175% genoa, we went from about 3.8 to about 4.5 mph on a broad reach. Very
cool!

Mark Kaynor



----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Pihlaja" <cen09402@centurytel.net>
To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Raven's spinnaker


> Mark,
>
> Great pictures, man!
>
> Why are you sitting on the leeward side when Raven almost has her rubrail
in
> the water?
>
> For close reaching like you are doing in these pictures, consider getting
a
> ring of beads or a "diaper".  Either of these devices attaches to the clew
> of the spinnaker & goes around he forestay right on top of the furled
> genoa.  This will enable you to snug up the leading edge of the spinnaker,
> thus eliminating much of the sag which is visible in the pictures.  You
will
> be able to point several degrees higher.  Whoever sold you the spinnaker
> should be able to supply you with the ring of beads or the diaper.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Kaynor" <mark@kaynor.org>
> To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 10:19 AM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Raven's spinnaker
>
>
> > A friend of took a few pictures of us on Raven flying our asymmetric
> > yesterday. After a few false starts, we ended up having a good bit of
fun.
> >
> > Mark Kaynor
> >
>
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