[Rhodes22-list] burying the rail

[Bill Effros]

Peter,

As always, keep this stuff coming.  It's like copying homework from the 
smartest kid in the class. 

As I understand it, Stan based the hull shape of the R-22 on the 505 
racing dinghy.  Do you know any more about that?

Bill Effros

Peter Thorn wrote:
> GlacierEd,
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> I thought Rummy started this conversation by asserting the speed of a Rum
> Runner fly-bye.
>
> To address your question, I agree with Buddy Melges that all boats have an
> optimum angle of heel.  For most small sailboats (and I think for R22 too)
> it's about 15 degrees.  That ideal angle sets a boat "on it's lines" and is
> probably how Phil Rhodes intended the boat be sailed.  A small amount of LWL
> increase would be likely at that angle, maybe an inch or so.
>
> Buddy Melges on Sailing to Windward:
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> "The first thing you must determine is your boat's optimum angle of heel.
> This angle varies quite widely from class to class or from one design to
> another, but it always applies, no matter how strong or weak the wind, and
> you should memorize what that angle is.  A Flying Dutchman, like most
> dinghy-type boats, likes to sail to windward almost straight up with no heel
> at all.  Keelboats, on the other hand, might sail their best when they are
> heeled over 20 degrees or more.
>
> When I get onboard a boat I haven't sailed before, I sail off by myself and
> find out what the correct angle is.  The boat will give you the information
> you need:  straighten the boat up and it slows down; heel it over too far
> and it slows down - in short, whenever it gets off its ideal sailing lines
> it slows down.  Once you have identified the optimum angle of heel, that
> becomes the groove angle of the boat; you always should sail to windward at
> that angle.  All your tiller, traveler, and sail-shape adjustments should be
> made to keep the boat sailing at that one angle."
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> PT
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