[Rhodes22-list] Speaking of Gennys...

[Jim White]

Top of the mornin to ya'll,
Speaking of gennies...I just acquired a new  (almost) unused 175 genny with 
almost the exact same cut and dimensions as the headsail on Le Menagerie. 
My question is: has anyone ever had a standard hank on genny modified i.e. 
had a tube pocket sewn on the luff <stay>, and if so did you run into any 
problems doing so?.. The other option is to purchase a new CDI furler and 
set it up that way. I think it might be a bit cheaper for our local canvas 
guy to install a tube pocket for the existing old style stock furler...but 
my birthday is coming up if that proves difficult or impractical, and I can 
probably convince my first mate as to the necessity of a new furling system.

We had a cold front pass through (dropped weather to the 50's...boy the 
spring breakers really loved that!), and strong north winds still prevail. 
I may pull menagerie out of the water in the next week or two and do a 
routine inspection and bottom paint (although there's little growth even 
after having been in the water since last May)...
Cheer
jw

Jim White
Le Menagerie
www.lemenagerie.blogspot.com