[Rhodes22-list] Sailing Technique Question

[Saroj Gilbert]

Bill, you are truly a master sailor... I don't have anywhere near the skill 
to do that... gives me something to strive for.

Saroj

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Sailing Technique Question


> Dave,
>
> I resheet single handed all the time.  If you sail flat there is very 
> little pressure on the tiller.  I use Stan's broom handle holders and have 
> one on each side of the stern--I have sailed for hours with the tiller 
> locked into one of these clamps without ever touching the tiller.  I steer 
> by shifting my weight in the boat.  I almost always keep the pop top up, 
> and resheet from inside the cabin.
>
> Thanks for doing all the homework on the oil issue.
>
> Bill Effros
>
> DCLewis1 at aol.com wrote:
>> Rummy & Wally,
>>  Thanks for your response, it just never occurred to me that you might 
>> re-rig the headsail sheets while underway.  Is re-rigging a  headsail 
>> sheet to run through the shrouds something you guys do when  sailing 
>> single handed?  If so, how do you execute? You're steering through  a 
>> tack ( hand on the the tiller), tending the mainsheet, and now you've got 
>> to take a headsail sheet forward, guide it through the shrouds while 
>> pulling the headsail after.  As I think it through, it sounds like a mad 
>> scramble for one guy - is there a key to making it work (assuming you can 
>> make  it work with 1 guy)?  Rummy's French maiden sounds attractive, for 
>> a  number of reasons.
>>  Dave
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