[Rhodes22-list] New Genny - Was Bullshit

[Bill Effros]

Roger!

What's the problem here?

I have tried to be as gentle as possible in this discussion, but you have repeatedly hurled insults, and challenged other people's experience.  We all know that you have been having a rough time, but that is no excuse for this behavior.

Your experience with a cruising spinnaker is irrelevant in this discussion of 175 genoas.  I have never, ever, had to go forward to help get the clew across the foredeck.  Rummy says that his experience has been the same as mine.  Fred says that his experience has been the same as Rummy's.  

I wrote in an earlier post, in this same thread, stating that tacking with the 175 is a piece of cake.  Why are you challenging my experience on this?  You don't have the 175 genny.  I have gone for entire summers without missing a single tack! If I miss 5 a year it's a lot.  20 kt wind--2 kt wind--it doesn't matter.  It is extremely easy to single-handedly tack a 175 genny while remaining in the cockpit of a Rhodes 22.

And while I'm at it, let me point out that we were not talking about sailing an upwind beat with a 175 genoa fully extended inside the shrouds.  We all know you can't do that, but for some reason you felt compelled to inject that notion, impute it to others, and then provide an equation proving that it is physically impossible.  Wow!

But that has nothing to do with what we were talking about.  I don't use sailing to prove I am smarter than other people.  I sail because I like the way it feels, and I know Rummy sails for essentially the same reason.  We sail in 20 kt winds with fully extended 175 genoas because it's a rush, and it's insulting to have someone who doesn't have a 175 genoa hammer home the point that what we do can't be done.

I rarely sail on rivers.  I don't race.  I'm sure Wally will be able to figure out the best sail for his needs, and if I could lend him my 175 I surely would because I would love to know how it fares in his circumstances.

I feel better now.

I'm sorry if I have hurt your feelings.  That is not my intention.  However, I think you should be spending a little more time trying not to hurt the feelings of others.

Bill



 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Roger Pihlaja 
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list 
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] New Genny - Was Bullshit


Rummy,

Sorry; but, I do have a headsail that is at least as big a 175% genoa, my
cruising spinnaker.  It is attached at the head & foot just like a genoa &
sheeted just like a genoa.  When tacking this sail in light air, someone
almost always has to go to the foredeck to help get the clew across the
foredeck.  Rummy, please don't presume to tell me what I know & what I don't
know.  At least my opinions are based upon solid theory & backed up with
data not charming anecdotes.

If you are sick of this thread; then, just hit delete and stop responding to
it.  If I'm pompous because I've called you on something that is absolutely
impossible and you just can't admit you were exagerating; then, so be it.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium


----- Original Message -----
From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] New Genny - Was Bullshit


> Roger,
> Again you are speaking out of turn. Since you don't have the 175, you
don't
> have a clue as to how it comes through. All you have is an opinion. Don't
think
> that that makes it so.
> The 175 IS NOT a bear to tack with, even in light air.
> I'm sick of this thread and your pomposity.
>
> Rummy
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