[Rhodes22-list] How to Handle Gusty Winds

[John Lock]

Thanks David (and also Wally) for your very helpful posts.  Your 
observations are right on the mark.  I probably should have started 
out with the main reefed in a little.  Specially considering that I 
have a taller (non-GB) mast and carry more sail than the original 
design.  Both my wife and I have learned a lot in our few outings so 
far.  Yes, things have to be secured better.  Bracing to the opposite 
seat is a good thing for everybody.  I have realized that a beer 
bottle in a foam cooler is not to be trusted, it will go 
wandering.  Got some heavy pewter mugs now, they just slide and 
retain their contents :-)

Even though my wife goes with me on most trips, I am, for all intents 
and purposes, still single-handing.  She doesn't want to fool with 
all those ropes and no way she's going to be in charge of the 
tiller!  Adding the tiller lock was a godsend because I can at least 
leave the tiller unattended for a little while.

I didn't understand one comment Wally made - "I would raise the CB 
some increasing lee way while reducing heeling."  I was figuring just 
the opposite, with the CB all the way down it has more leverage to 
balance the topside.  How does raising the CB reduce heeling?

Cheers!

John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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