[Rhodes22-list] Sailing Technique Question

[Bill Effros]

Thank you Saroj, but for me Stan is the master sailor, and I am just a 
grasshopper.  I strive to be able to one day sail with half the calm and 
grace he displays every time I've ever seen him on the water.

Stan is neither book nor instructor taught.  He just loves to be on the 
water, and he has built a very special, highly non-traditional boat 
that, with practice, will allow ordinary people like us to achieve 
remarkable feats on the water.

The boat is so safe and stable, once you learn how to use it, that you 
can try things no one would even consider trying on other boats.  Stan 
frequently points out things that are possible on his boat.  I often try 
them because I want to be able to sail more like Stan.  If I can make 
them work, I pass them along on this list just as others do.

Keep trying things, and let us know what works.  I'll do the same.

Bill Effros



Saroj Gilbert wrote:
> 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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