[Rhodes22-list] reefing

[JbTek]

makes sense.
I read an option of taking a trade-in (for a fee worth the trade) of Stans
while your recycled Rhodes is being prepared to your specifications. This
appeals to me in a few ways.
I could possibly be on the water this summer and get some much needed stick
time.
Also any rookie mistakes would not be on my new boat.
    Jb


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] reefing


> JB,
>
> Let Stan guide you on what to purchase for your budget.  Get a recycled
> boat instead of a new.  Put every unique feature on the boat.  Stan will
> give you full trade in value on a new boat should you ever want one.
>
> Spend as much money as you possibly can on the boat--the features have
> excellent resale value because they are unique--if you keep the boat
> forever you will always be glad you got the features, and the price will
> seem trivial.
>
> Compared to a Rhodes-22 a 47' Benetau is like driving a Winnebago.  If
> you had sailed 3 times on a Rhodes in the same conditions you would have
> had an exhilarating ride all 3 times.  The Rhodes will sail in wind that
> won't move the Beneteau.  You can do things with a tiller you can't do
> with a wheel.  You can always feel the water around you.  It never feels
> like some big machine that you can barely control.
>
> I got a Rhodes because my wife hates to heel.  She loves the boat, and
> is never afraid.  Learning to control the boat so it always sails
> upright is an enjoyable skill.  Sailing upright past larger boats that
> are heeled over is fun.
>
> Bill Effros
>
> JbTek wrote:
> > Ed,
> > I've only read about reefing. I've been sailing 3 times, 2 of those in
very
> > light wind. What got me hooked was one of those times was on a 47'
Beneteau
> > and they let me take the wheel just outside San Diego harbor. When we
caught
> > a gust of wind you could just feel the power drive you forward. We
heeled
> > over some & the wife got very nervous. I couldn't tell you if we were
reefed
> > or not. I can tell you I see the benefits of IMF and I believe she will
> > insist on it.
> >     I know the R22 has lots of features, I would want to know if you
could
> > not have them all, which would take priority. The obvious from where I
sit,
> > IMF & the swivel chairs look comfortable.
> >
> > What does a sail weigh? I think Rummy said the mast only weighs 16lbs.
> >
> >     Jb
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Tootle" <ekroposki at charter.net>
> > To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 5:10 AM
> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Roller Reefing on Rhodes Continental?
> > Luis?JayBulfer?
> >
> >
> >
> > Luis and Jay:
> >
> > One reason why Rhodes 22s are different is that a certain nautical
engineer
> > was always tinkering with the boats as they were being built.  Could it
be
> > that in 1975 that elusive nautical innovator was experimenting on what
was
> > to become your boat with the known technology of boom roller reefing?
Boom
> > roller reefing does allow battens and weight of sails is maintained
lower.
> > Humm? Tinker, tinker at 4 AM?
> >
> > Ed K
> > Greenville, SC, USA
> > Addendum for Jay if he is still here:
> >
> > “Reefing means reducing the area of a sail without actually changing it
for
> > a smaller sail. Ideally reefing does not only result in a reduced sail
area
> > but also in a lower center of effort from the sails, reducing the
heeling
> > moment and keeping the boat more upright.”
> >
> > “In-boom roller-reefing” is accomplished  “with a horizontal foil inside
the
> > boom. This method allows for standard- or full-length horizontal
battens.”
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing
> >
> > But an earier version of boom reefing had the whole boom turn and wrap
the
> > sail on the outside of the boom. There were wooden booms that could do
that.
> > I would also point out that there are/were rotating mast to achieve
reefing.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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