[Rhodes22-list] Peter Thorn and other racers

[Bob Weber]

Hank and Ben, We keep it confusing so that people take sailing classes.  
There is no short answer to the Leach inquiry.  Rummy looked to have a lot 
of Draft (curved foil shape) in his sail which would lend a lot of power to 
the sail but he also had a lot of twist (the top portion of the sail was 
further from center line than the boom) which was spilling air.  The two 
appeared to be cancelling out each other and giving him a nice flat ride.  
Buddy Melges wrote a great book on sail trim if you are afflicted with the 
need to "Go Fast".  If they were in a race for the last rum and coke in the 
state I think he would be faster to reduce sail, pull down on the boom to 
take the draft out of the leach and reduce the twist until there was no air 
getting spilled.  With that said, such effort and attention runs contrary to 
everything I like about sailing.

Bob Weber
Odyssey Sailing School

>From: <benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>,Hank 
><hnw555 at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Peter Thorn and other racers
>Date: 1 Mar 2005 19:32:03 -0000
>
>Heck Hank, it's to confuse all of the non-sailers.  Even the earliest 
>sailers in
>history knew that it would be more fun to get on the boat, get liquored up, 
>and
>make fun of the landlubbers confusion than if the names were things like 
>"front
>part" or "hypotenuse" instead of "luff" and "leech".
>
>Bob - the close up photo of you sailing in the ski hat and goggles is 
>priceless.
>  Stan needs to get that on the GB site.  How about a heading like, "Is the 
>Rhodes
>22 that Much Fun to Sail, or Are Our Clients Crazy?"
>
>BTW, I'm stuck behind a desk on a sunny, 13 knot, 61 degree afternoon.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ben
>
>
>
>On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 14:17 , Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> sent:
>
> >One thing I've never understood.  If the back part of the sail is
> >called the Leech, why is it called luffing when it starts to flap? or
> >am I just confused?
> >
> >Hank
> >
> >
> >On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:18:25 -0500, ed kroposki ekroposki at charter.net> 
>wrote:
> >> Look at the pictures from Yankee Clipper and Rum Runner sailing on 
>Sunday.
> >> I have a question on sail adjustment.  Looking at the leach of the 
>main, is
> >> it correct or most efficient to have it that loose?
> >>
> >> Ed K
> >> Greenville, SC, USA
> >> Addendum:  Instructions that say low maintenance really mean impossible 
>to
> >> fix.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> >>
>[rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org','','','')">rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]
>On Behalf Of Steve Alm
> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 1:07 PM
> >> To: Rhodes
> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Sunday Sailing
> >>
> >> Well shucks, Rummy's rails aren't even close to the water.
> >> Slim
> >>
> >> On 3/1/05 6:54 AM, "Bob Keller" r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Today is March 1 and I am looking out the window in Atlanta and 
>everything
> >> > (except the roads) is covered in a light layer of snow.  
>Unbelievable.
> >> > Especially since two days ago Rum Runner and Yankee Clipper had some 
>great
> >> > sailing on Hartwell.  Good wind 10-15 knots, but it was pretty cold.  
>See
> >> > the pictures of Rum Runner under sail and then of yours truly with my
> >> winter
> >> > sailing garb.  The other picture is proof that we sailied to the 
>Hartwell
> >> > dam and back.
> >> > Bob K
> >> > Yankee Clipper
> >> >
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