[Rhodes22-list] Hey Roger - The Barber-Hauler - An Alternative To Inboard GenoaTracks

[Richard F Sheehan]

Ed; 

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Dick

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:39:01 -0400 "ed kroposki" <ekroposki at charter.net>
writes:
> Roger, 
>         Do you have a copy of this book?  Are the other hundred or 
> so
> readers of this list supposed to go out and buy this book?
>         I am sorry, but we have become addicted to your excellent
> instructions.  So now that your have all these high power academic 
> degrees
> you are going to just give us the references.  Humpf, you have 
> become a
> college professor (like that one you told us about).  
>         Your analysis and discussion is much better than anyone 
> book's
> author because it succinctly relates it to our boats.  At least give 
> us a
> summary if not one of your technical drawings.
>         Ed K
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Roger 
> Pihlaja
> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 7:10 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] The Barber-Hauler - An Alternative To 
> Inboard
> GenoaTracks
> 
> Hi Everybody,
> 
> For those of you that are thinking about installing inboard genoa 
> tracks on
> your boat &/or wondering about the correct way to use them, please 
> go to the
> library and read the following reference:
> 
> Rick Grajirena, "The Barber-Hauler, Ins and Out of A Genoa Sheeting 
> Device",
> in , "More SAIL Trim", (SAIL Books, Boston, MA, 1979), Charles 
> Mason,
> editor, ISBN 0-914814-18-4, pp. 20-23
> 
> The author of this short article, Rick Grajirena, discusses the 
> design & use
> of a simple block & tackle device called a "barber-hauler" that 
> effectively
> does away with need for movable genoa cars, rerouting genoa sheets 
> inboard &
> outboard of the shrouds, & switching from inboard to outboard genoa 
> tracks.
> Mr. Grajirena certainly has the sailing credentials to recommend 
> the
> barber-hauler.  He has been manager of Hood Sailmakers, coached the 
> US
> Olymipic 470 sailing team, & has won multiple US & international
> ampionships in various classes of sailing dingys
> 
> For most of you, using a barber-hauler might be a much simpler way 
> of life
> than having to fool with rerouting sheets, switching genoa tracks, 
> etc.
> 
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> 
> 
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Richard F. Sheehan
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