[Rhodes22-list] UPS update

[Mary Lou Troy]

We got to fly the UPS this weekend. Winds were light and variable at the 
time. The sail really made a difference in the light air (though it didn't 
do a thing for the variable part ;-)  )  I was surprised at how easy it was 
to manage - it's a big sail but the air was so light I didn't bother with 
the winches. The furler base does bump a bit on our solar vent but that 
doesn't seem to affect anything. We used the genoa cars and tried it on 
most points of sail - sometimes within seconds of each other without moving 
the tiller. We rigged it before we went out and just laid it fully furled 
across the cabin top - the air was so light we didn't need to worry about 
it going anywhere.. It didn't interfere with the genoa. We don't have our 
halyard run aft so I had to go to the cabintop to raise the sail (short 
arms) but that was easy as well.

Also got to try out the new outhaul system for the main. What an improvement!


Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Swan Creek, MD / Ft. Washington, PA