[Rhodes22-list] How to Come About

[Steve]

Slim
What Rummy said is the main thing but also I think you
are putting a heavy load on the genona track & block
by not using both winches.    
Steve

--- Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
> Bill,
> 
> Fine indeed!  Those are great instructions.  If/when
> my jib gets hung up,
> I'm probably letting the lee sheet go too soon
> and/or too quickly.  I'll
> have to work on that.
> 
> A question about "cross-sheeting" to the opposite
> winch:  Why wrap the sheet
> around BOTH winches?  When I cross-sheet, the lee
> sheet goes through its
> lead block (car) and then directly across to the
> weather winch and cleat and
> vice versa.  That is, the starboard sheet goes to
> the port winch and port
> sheet to starboard winch.  I only rig this way if I
> know I'll want to be on
> the high side on every tack.  Also, I only do this
> when single-handing since
> the sheets across the cockpit get in the way of the
> galley wench serving me
> my drinks.  
> 
> Slim
> 
> On 3/16/04 10:54 AM, "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > 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
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- 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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