[Rhodes22-list] Tacking

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Lee,
Re high wind tacking, was the centerboard fully down?
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: "KUHN, LELAND" <LKUHN at cnmc.org>
>Sent: Jun 6, 2006 6:32 PM
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] search archives site rhodes22.org rhodes22 find
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>1.  Sorry about the subject line, but if you Google "search
>site:rhodes22.org" you won't find the posts that tell us new people how
>to search the archives.  I thought Google might have a better chance of
>finding it with a different subject line.  I know less about search
>engines than sailing, so I might be peeing to windward.  Once more for
>the new people, if you want to search the archives for posts related to
>"tacking," put tacking site:rhodes22.org in the Google search field.
>It's worked well for me.  If one of you old-timers has a better method,
>please share.
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>2.  HUGE thanks to everyone who contributes to this list.  As a new
>sailor, I can't tell you how many questions I've had answered by the
>archives.  So far I've only had two questions that I couldn't get
>answered:
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>	a.	It looks like you can hit theoretical hull speed at 10
>knots, and most people will reef before 15 knots.  I'll probably figure
>this out through trial and error, but I'm not that patient.  When and
>how do you reef?  For example, at 15 knots do you reef 20% of the genoa
>and none of the mainsail?  What percentage of the genoa and mainsail do
>you reef at various wind speeds?  I have the 175 decksweeper.
>	b.	I feel really stupid asking this question.  If it gets
>too windy you can't tack.  It looks like that's about 28 knots with a
>Rhodes.  Detelin (aka Ditto) commissioned my boat and he did an
>excellent job.  We were burying the rail and had way too much sail out
>for the conditions, but I swear there were times when we couldn't jibe.
>Not tack, jibe.  I thought you could always jibe.  The rudder was all
>the way down and clutched into position.  Could it be possible that we
>were heeled so much that there wasn't enough rudder in the water to
>steer the boat?  Doesn't it seem like the wind would have still pushed
>the bow to leeward?  I asked the experienced sailors at my marina about
>this and they confirmed that you can always jibe, but their 40-footers
>may have too much weight and not enough sail to perform this trick.  Has
>this every happened to anyone else?
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>3.  Non-sailing discussions.  When I first discovered the rhodes22-list,
>I was disappointed that so little of it had to do with sailing.  I was
>also disappointed that some of the members were such rude buttholes.
>Many of the comments were beyond what you would say to another sailor
>over a drink in a bar, if you were at all concerned for your own safety.
>Now that I'm addicted to all the political commentaries and other
>non-sailing discussions, I also realize that some of the biggest
>buttholes are also the most helpful to us newbies.  So thanks for
>informing us about sailing and entertaining us about everything else.  
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>Lee
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>Kent Island, MD
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>1986 Rhodes22
>
>S/V At Ease
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>* The level of discussion does not have to be fit for a child, but some
>good taste is expected.
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