[Rhodes22-list] How to Come About

[Bob Weber]

Bill, I might have to include your explaination into my lesson plan.  I 
don't think ASA will add it to the text though, they don't care much for 
drink ettiquet.  Last night I noticed another piece of information that 
addresses another contraversial subject.  The 2004 CG regulation manual 
requires 2 cowls of specific sizes on all enclosed areas which contain fuel. 
   Big Brother makes it tough for people to legally live dangerously.  Bob 
Weber


>From: "Peter Thorn" <pthorn at nc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] How to Come About
>Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:02:32 -0500
>
>Bill,
>
>That is excellent!  I will make every effort to learn to tack that way.
>
>PT
>
>
>Lou,
>
>The Rhodes 22 is a completely unique boat with a set of features not
>available on any other boat.  If these features are right for you, you will
>be thrilled with the boat.  Because the boat is truly unique, many of the
>"tips" "pointers" "warnings" and "rules" you may have read elsewhere simply
>don't apply.
>
>There is no trick to coming about with the 175 on a Rhodes -22.  Most 
>people
>simply release it too early.
>
>You are sitting in the captain's seat on the high side of the boat.  (Get
>the captain's seats.)
>
>On the previous tack you have led the jib sheet around the winch on the low
>side, where the jib is deployed, and then once around the winch on the high
>side, and then into the clam cleat.  The line goes straight across the
>cockpit.
>
>Let us say you are sitting on the port side, in your captain's seat.  You
>have the hiking stick for your tiller in your right hand.  You have a drink
>in your left hand.  Your left arm is on the padding on the stern rail which
>functions like the arm of an extremely comfortable arm chair.  Your feet 
>are
>splayed out on top of the cockpit seats.  Music is playing on your stereo.
>For some reason you decide to tack.
>
>Push the tiller toward the sail.
>
>Now you must make a momentous decision.  Will you switch captain's seats
>after you tack?  If so, you should place your drink in the cup holder on 
>the
>starboard stern rail--which will force you to get out of your captain's 
>seat
>on the port side.  If not, you may remain seated while you place your drink
>in the cup holder on the port stern rail.  Failure to anticipate this
>question can leave you in a captain's seat with your drink on the other 
>side
>of the boat!  This is the trickiest part of the maneuver.
>
>At some point you will notice that the boom has moved from the starboard
>side to the port side of the boat.  It moved gently across, and did not hit
>your head.  There was no drama.  There was no pandemonium.
>
>You will also notice that the huge belly of the 175 jib, still firmly
>cleated, has sagged across the boat, and you can see it is helping to pull
>the bow about, even before the boom switches sides.
>
>If you sheeted the jib too tightly around the shrouds, the 175 won't help
>you come about.  Slowly loosen the sheet (remember it is cleated right 
>below
>your drinking hand, and you may have to put your drink down--see above for
>caution.)  Wait for the boat to come about.
>
>Please note, you do not fully release the jib until after the boat has come
>about.  The boat is now sailing with the main full, and the jib fighting to
>deploy fully on the other side of the boat.  Slowly release the jib on what
>is now the high side, and pull in the line on what is now the low side.  If
>you decided to stay in your original captain's chair, you are still sitting
>in it, with all of the lines and controls within reach for this and every
>subsequent tack.  If not, you must wrap the jib sheet around the winch on
>what is now the low side, and feed it to the winch and cleat on what will 
>be
>the high side where you will be sitting.
>
>In either case, both jib lines are in your hands.  You release one in a
>controlled manner, and pull the other.  The jib does not drag across the
>foredeck, and it does not hang up on the shrouds.  (I don't have rollers or
>covers on any shrouds.)  It behaves more like a kite over which you have
>complete control, as it floats over the foredeck from one side to the 
>other.
>
>After you've done this a few times, it starts to look like everything is
>happening at once.  But it isn't.  Never release the jib until after the
>boom has gone across and the main is full, and you will never miss a tack.
>Don't let the jib sheet go all at once or you will not be able to pull in
>the jib sheet on the other side quickly enough, and it will get wet.
>
>If this fails to work, there are only 2 possible reasons: either there is
>too little or too much wind.  But not to worry.  Nothing is lost.  Pull the
>hiking stick toward you, and away from the sails.  Release the jib sheet,
>and furl the jib! (Maintain tension on the jib line so the line wraps 
>around
>the roller furler drum properly.)  Pull in the main sheet as far as it will
>go.  Gibe! (or Gybe! or Jibe! or Jybe!--I'm never sure which one it is.)
>
>This always works, and will always enable you to come about.  The boat is
>strongly built, and this will not hurt either the rigging or the sails.  
>The
>boom will travel a short distance from one side to the other with a loud
>"pop".  Release the sheet on the main, and redeploy both the main and the
>jib on the correct side.
>
>The 175 should never, ever become fouled on the foredeck or on the shrouds.
>If it does, chalk it up to operator error.
>
>A lot of words, but a simple procedure that always works.
>
>Always remember Stan's words:  "This is a sailboat.  Let the wind do the
>work"
>
>Bill Effros
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Loumoore at aol.com
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:32 AM
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Re: Rhodes22-list Digest, Vol 425, Issue 1
>
>
>Hello everyone,
>
>I have a quick question.  (I should mention I am only a prospective buyer
>and have not yet sailed on a Rhodes.)  Because of the size of the 175 and
>substantial overlap, what is the procedure for coming about?  Are special
>procedures necessary with the full genoa?  Thanks in advance for you help
>and patience.
>
>Lou Moore
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