[Rhodes22-list] UPS Sail Again

[Ronald Lipton]

Your masthead setup looks very much like mine.  I just bought
the Davis masthead light and it sounds like I will also replace
my steaming light with the halyard restrainer.  Did yoo use the
one provided by Doyle?  Thanks for all of the useful information.

Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Kaynor" <mark at kaynor.org>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:44 AM
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] UPS Sail Again


> Fred,
>
> Yes, you've got it.
>
> I removed the steaming light and put the restrainer over the hole, since I
> was afraid I wouldn't be able to mount the restrainer high enough to
prevent
> chafe on the edges fixture if I left the light in place.
>
> I mounted an LED anchor light at the masthead, since, according to my
> reading of COLREGS when under power "If the boat is less than 7m in
length,
> with a speed of less than 7 knots, she need only show a white all-round
> light" (22 feet equals 6.7056 meters). When under sail, a sailboat under 7
> meters is only required to display sidelights and a stern light, the
> all-around masthead light being optional.
>
> Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of
> FredkLange at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 11:25 AM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] UPS Sail Again
>
>
> Mark,
>
> I think I get it now.  The "halyard restrainer" is used to raise and lower
> the spinnaker and it is that roundish thing on front of the mast 10" below
> the
> top that I thought was a steaming light.
>
> Fred
>
> In a message dated 2/10/04 11:10:52 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> mark at kaynor.org
> writes:
>
> > Fred,
> >
> > That block that's on the bail at the masthead was used with our
asymmetric
> > spinnaker (www.kaynor.org/raven). We sold that sail to a friend after we
> > bought the UPS and haven't had a second thought about it - we like the
UPS
> a
> > lot more than the asymmetric spinnaker. I didn't remove the block last
> year
> > because I thought I might eventually come up with a use for it and it
> wasn't
> > doing any harm. I may go ahead and remove it before we launch this
spring,
> > tho.
> >
> > The UPS halyard tensions the rope luff between the halyard restrainer
and
> > the padeye on the deck - much like a staysail. You can't tack the Genoa
> with
> > the UPS raised w/o furling/unfurling the Genoa during the tack. And we
> > either tack the UPS or do a quick furl/unfurl when we gybe.
> >
> > We've found that we can furl the UPS with the Genoa out, but can't furl
> the
> > Genoa with the UPS out unless we're running wing-on-wing. If they're on
> the
> > same side of the boat the belly of the UPS gets caught in the Genoa as
it
> > rolls up.
> >
> > When we're going from the Genoa to the UPS, we furl the Genoa before
> > unfurling the UPS. When we're going from the UPS to the Genoa, however,
we
> > unfurl the Genoa first, then furl and drop the UPS so we're ready for
the
> > next tack.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
>
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