[Rhodes22-list] reefing

Sat Feb 17 09:57:58 EST 2007

Jay,

  I think i will jump in & push you a bit closer to the R-22.
  It was just this time a year ago I was looking for a boat....I discovered this list...I lurked for quite a while to get the 'lay of the land,' so to speak.

  I needed (as in have to or go nuts) to get a boat; I also need one that could be single-handed & had a HEAD.

  I'd sailed quite a bit, starting with a 22' water-ballast trailerable, to a 30' keel boat, to a 34' keel boat for cruising, but always as part of a team: worked the sheets, the main at the mast (reefing, etc.) & whatever else my captain asked me to do...

  I searched & searched the Internet while working the slow grey days here at the marina; I walked the brokerage & the docks looking what was out there; I spoke to the many accomplished sailors at this marina about boats, boats, more boats. 

  I don't remember exactly how I found the R-22..it was probably a search for something with a furling main, as if I am out alone I didn't want to go up on deck...and a HEAD....on something I could sail alone in need be (I do prefer company...;^). 

  I read everything I could about it; read everything on this list & a fair amount in the archives (thanks to Ed's frequent reminders!) and contacted SS in Edenton in early spring. We spoke several times via phone; I finally drove to Edenton in April of '06 (only 3 hrs...not a deal) and climbed over, under, around & through the new & soon-to-be-recycled boats, spent time with SS just talking...but he was sizing me up and determining what I needed in a boat. (Rose was doing therapy with hot choc & shoulder pats..long story..;^)

  I decided that this was probably the one for me; then serendipity stepped in in the shape of a local R-22....(there are two R-22's in the entire middle Chesapeake area....one right HERE at the marina)..(it was on the hard.,in the 'way back, so I never saw it).

  It was simple enough to contact the owner, he was kind enough to take me on a demo sail, and that was it. I contacted SS, told them they had a customer, & the hunt for my boat was on. (But Stan had already picked it...he knew he was getting this one in..)

  I will soon take delivery of my '92 ,recycled '06, R-22. It has been a 9 month process...(been there, too..!).

  My boat is an anomaly...it is only one of three (?) with a wheel rather than a tiller...I won't go again into the reasons I went this route, but it is right for me.

  The key to all this??? Take a demo sail, go to Edenton, stay at the Spitzer Hilton, take Rose & Stan to the Golden Corral (good food, BTW), and get on with it. You could be sailing this season!

  elle

JbTek <j.bulfer at jbtek.com> 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" 
To: 
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:

â€œReefing 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.â€

â€œIn-boom roller-reefingâ€ is accomplished â€œwith a horizontal foil inside the
boom. This method allows for standard- or full-length horizontal battens.â€
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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