[Rhodes22-list] UPS Sail Again

[Mark Kaynor]

Ron,

I did use a restrainer provided by Doyle - but I don't believe they supplied
the same one to others who bought the sail. Ours was the first order in at
group pricing and the restrainers they ordered hadn't come in yet. Paul
Beaudin had had this one sitting on his desk for a few months, so he went
ahead sent it to me so I wouldn't have to wait.

Mark



-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Ronald Lipton
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 11:50 AM
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] UPS Sail Again


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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