[Rhodes22-list] UPS sail

[Jay Friedland]

Mark,
Isn't Raven your boat? I remember Raven flying an asymetrical spinnaker 
that looked awfully close to this. If that's yours, what do you see as 
the major benefit/use of this over that sail? In any case I hope to be 
2nd or 3rd to order.

Tom,
As I'm planning on using this for single-handing downwind, wind 
conditions above my (155%) gennie are important. Originally Paul talked 
about a 1.5 cloth, then changed to .9, so I was concerned with the 
lighter material. Paul's comments are reassuring.
I'm still wondering how the UPS lays up against the gennie as it tacks. 
Also, with the halyard led back to the cockpit, what line size and 
block arrangement are you using. Your photos only covered the bow 
mounting of the furling line.

Thanks,
Jay

On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 09:27 AM, Mark Kaynor wrote:

> Tom,
>
> Thanks for the info. I hadn't thought too much about raising / 
> lowering the
> sail yet, and I'll be sure to keep the potential for catching on the 
> shrouds
> in mind. I'm really looking forward to playing around with it.
>
> Mark
>
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> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] UPS sail
>
>
>> hi mark
>> the first email to marylou on our ups site has the windspeed numbers 
>> i was
>> told would be the maxs for the boat..note at this time no they had 
>> never
> made
>> one for an R 22....10 kts on a close reach is reasonable and ive done
>> it...but i am more comfortable with my 150 above that..ive done 14 on 
>> a
>> beam/broad reach and had the strange sensation of feeling like the 
>> boat
> was
>> being lifted out of the water..i had the board fully down and was 
>> doing
> 7.2
>> on the gps..dont know what the current was..
>> since im new to the boat i havent pushed too hard and am really 
>> anxious to
>> hear feedback from more experienced rhodies....one unrelated point.. 
>> if
> you
>> are underway and want to drop the sail after furling..put the wind in 
>> your
>> face and the sail will fall on the deck...the opposite is true if you 
>> are
>> raising the sail underway...put the wind at your back to raise it, 
>> then
> come
>> into the wind to unfurl it...i found last season that if i raised it 
>> with
> the
>> wind in my face it would sometimes get caught where the lower shrouds 
>> meet
>> the mast..in fact i got a small tear in the sail once because of
> that..easy
>> to fix but still unnecessary
>> best
>> tom
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