[Rhodes22-list] Sweet spot.

[TN Rhodey]

Rummy,

My post did not mention planing. I don't think the R22 can plane. I am also 
not talking about surfing. I do believe the R22 can sail beyond so called 
hull speed. I also believe the R22 sails best upwind with some heel and off 
the wind fairly flat. This is true with just about any sail boat. I think 
the only thing I differ with is the amount of heel. For my boat 30 is too 
much. It is fun but I am slowing down.

Ask your self why there is more than one hull speed formula? It is not 
exact.

Wally


>From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Sweet spot.
>Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:33:05 EDT
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>Wally,
>Seriously, I have found that 30 degrees is "THE" sweet spot for RumRunner  
>in
>perfect wind conditions. Take a look at 30 degrees. It really isn't all 
>that
>much. Jumping up to 45 will bury the rail and of course reduce speed. Three
>on  the rail, 10 to 15 mph winds, 30 degree heel and I'm flying. I've been 
>able
>to  play around the past year or so with the gps and I can tell which is 
>the
>fastest  configuration. Sailing flat going downwind is preferable, but the 
>R22
>hull will  never get up and plane. It might ride the crest of a wave and 
>give
>you the  feeling of planing, but it will never plane. It simply doesn't 
>have
>a planing  hull. Sailboats have displacement hulls, as we all know.
>
>Rummy
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