[Rhodes22-list] Motor Sailor?

[Kroposki]

Richard,
	How can you think that a motor sail boat will be less strenuous
than sailing a Rhodes.  You will be bending and stooping more to fool
with the motor than you want to know.  Maybe you need to retire to the
shores of Lake Hartwell like these other New Yorkers who just took
delivery of their Rhodes 22 that Rummy has been talking about.  Ask
Rummy how it is sailing on this big pond.  Just don't tell Michael or
Bill that you are coming this way.
                           Ed K

-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Christine
Allison
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 9:28 AM
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Headsail furlers.

< the harken is better but you pay up for it,>

Having had a Harken on my last boat and now a CDI I must say I prefer
the
CDI.

With the Harken the foil on the forestay serves only as the spool for
the
sail.  All the tension on the sails wire luff and also the forestay's
tension are exerted through the furling drum and the swivel at the top
of
the mast.  I for one had nightmares of these parts failing.  With the
CDI
the forestay only serves to keep the foil straight all the loads are
carried
by the foil itself.  In my estimation a much safer arrangement.

I suspect that for a given sail area the CDI is easier to operate.

The down side of the CDI is the difficulty in changing head sails while
underway and the fact that the halyard requires an extending line when
hoisting the sail.

Richard Smith


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