[Rhodes22-list] Bigger Heel and Amount of Sail

[Jim White]

Hey Brad how about this one for number 4:
" I saw it on the cartoons once....I'm pretty sure I can make it work"
jw
At 05:33 PM 5/26/2005, you wrote:
>Jim,
>
>Your wife complaining about putting out more sail just
>for more heel reminds me of one of William F.
>Buckley's books  (Yeah, that William F. Buckley, he
>also wrote three great sailing books).  His wife put a
>mark on the inclinometer (at about 20 degrees I think)
>and said she didn't care what he did with the boat,
>just don't exceed that mark.
>
>Sailing is a lot like flying, there are at least three
>things you don't want to hear in the cockpit: 1 -
>"What was that?" 2 - "Based on my vast experience" and
>3 - "Watch this!"
>
>Brad
>
>
>--- Jim White <jdwhite at utpa.edu> wrote:
> > Ya'll PLEASE don't change a thing....
> > I'd be bored to tears if this list was just another
> > nuts and bolts forum.
> >
> > Now for a highly technical question:
> > Last Sunday when we were out on the Laguna Madre, as
> > I approached the Queen
> > Isabella Causeway (a rather large structure) the
> > wind that I needed to be
> > able to push through the underpass channel was
> > essentially blocked, and
> > reduced from the open bay. I was pointing as high as
> > I could, and needed
> > all of speed I could get to shoot the gap. So I
> > asked (as in commanded) my
> > crew (wife) to let out another third or so of the
> > big 175. This immediately
> > led to a disagreement concerning my need to lengthen
> > sail at that moment.
> > On the open bay, winds were about 20-25, so I was
> > main reefed, and only
> > flying about 1/3 of the genny, but here they had
> > dropped to about 12-15, so
> > I NEEDED more sail).
> >
> > We've been through this a dozen times
> > already....you'd think she'd know
> > from past experience. Her rationale was that I
> > already had all of the wind
> > that I needed, was already 3/4 of the way through
> > the gap and only wanted
> > to generate a bigger heel to impress the Night Magic
> > which was approaching
> > from downwind. Sheesh. No respect.
> >
> > So, how does one convince their (significant) crew
> > that their order is not
> > frivolous, no rooted in vanity, but necessary for
> > the safety and well being
> > of the entire ship? This is not the first time that
> > I have been second
> > guessed. And yes, the heel was magnificent, I'm
> > still picking seaweed out
> > of the spreaders ;-) .
> > Curious minds are curious.
> >
> >
> > Jim White
> > Le Menagerie
> > www.lemenagerie.blogspot.com
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