[Rhodes22-list] tuning and such

[Wally Buck]

Andy,

I race my R22 and I have IMF. I do just fine on the upwind legs. Make sure 
main outhaul is tight. As you found out moving traveler to windward helps 
especialy in light air. I would also suggest moving jib car far forward 
rather than back. Do you have jib telltales, they should help out. You can 
also try sheeting jib inside the outer shrouds. If you have a 170 sheeting 
inside the shrouds is not a good idea. You will need to furl so much sail 
shape will suffer. If you have a 135 or less this works great, 150 it works 
ok. Also I would check the tension on all shrouds. If they are too loose 
your upwind performance will suffer. I can't tell you exact tension I just 
go by feel and sound. :-)

Also make sure your lazerette is not loaded down with a bunch of heavy gear. 
The R22's transom drags a little and this can hurt performance upwind as 
well as off the wind. My laz has life jackets and not much else. I also sit 
as far forward as I can. A tiller extender is a must. I have also lengthened 
my traveler line (I use a single line) so i can make travelers adjustments 
while sitting forward. The R22 performs very well in light air. In heavy 
winds you need to keep the boat flat or you will lose a bunch of speed.

Are you racing PHRF or Portsmouth? My club has me at 270 PHRF and 98 
Portsmouth. I am hanging on to second place with our season half over.

Good luck and welcome to the list!

Wally
Watts Bar TN


>From: "Andy Lessard" <lessard at fabulousfloors.com>
>Reply-To: lessard at fabulousfloors.com,The Rhodes 22 mail list 
><rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] tuning and such
>Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:05:44 -0400
>
>Help!     We got our butts kicked last night.
>
>We are the proud, new owners of a refurbished Rhodes22.  We enjoy cruising,
>but trading from a J22, we still appreciate performance and a little
>competition in sailing with the cruising fleet at Riverton Yacht Club on 
>the
>Deleware.
>
>Elton did an excellent job getting the boat set up and on the go.  But we 
>do
>not have any information about tuning.  We have new Doyle sails.
>
>We would also appreciate any help in how to best trim the sails to point
>better to the wind.  With the rigging set up the way we were given the 
>boat,
>the best we could manage was 60 degrees to the wind.  With the current we
>have on the river, that is not high enough to even make the weather mark.
>What we have done is keep the boom in the lower position, moved the car as
>far back as it will go on the jib sheet and trimmed the jib sheet back
>almost to the car.  Last night we tried moving the traveller on the main to
>windward and that seemed to help.  What helped the most was cranking down 
>on
>the rear stay.  To windward, we kept the centerboard all the way down.  
>With
>all these efforts, the best we could point was about 45 degrees.  Still not
>enough.
>
>Any help will be greatly appreciated.  We do understand we are not sailing 
>a
>J22, but we also know that every sailboat has its optimum tuning and
>trimming.
>Thank You,
>
>Andy Lessard
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