[Rhodes22-list] reefing

[Bill Effros]

Don't do it.

This is the equivalent of throwing people into water to teach them to swim.

Many women don't like sailing near the edge either figuratively or 
literally.  They are not afraid of the water.  They can swim.  But they 
don't like getting too close to the edge.  Pushing them over the edge 
does not help.

Sail your R-22 by yourself until you are sure you can do it before 
inviting your wife on board.  Initially sail with just tiny amounts of 
sail -- 1/3 of the available main and Jenny.

Yes, it will look funny, and nobody else does it that way (in part 
because they can't).  But your wife will be able to see that you can 
keep the boat completely under control and dead upright under any 
sailing conditions.  No water has ever entered the cockpit of my boat 
when my wife was on board.

My son, on the other hand, likes to sit in the leeward captain's seat 
and have me sail so that he can dip his hair in the water.  Fine.  But 
we never do it when my wife is on board.

Bill Effros

Joseph Hadzima wrote:
> Hi Jb
>
> I hope I'm not stepping out of bounds here .. but I do have
> one unsolisited suggestion (don't you just hate advice when
> you don't ask fo it).
>
> I suggest you rent a little dinghy or Sunfish at a nice
> lake somewhere. Then you and your first mate go out and
> practice capsizing.  You gotta get wet once, so you don't
> let the fear make decisions for you with your own boat.  
>
> The Rhodes may be unsinkable, but I believe Rummy has
> managed a knock down or two - and can give you the details.
>
> I was crew on a keel boat when the new skipper did a gybe a
> little too quickly in heavy air and managed to fill the
> cockpit about 1/2 way with very cold water! 
>
> My wife was a little scared at first, but got comfotable
> enough so she likes to go fast these days. She's the one
> that will "burry the rail" if given the chance.
>
> Address the fear issues soon (read as practice, and take
> lessons), so you'll have enjoyable sailing for many more
> years.
>
> just my $0.02  or is that .002 in Verizon money?
>
> --- 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" <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:
>>
>> âEURoeReefing 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.âEUR?
>>
>> âEURoeIn-boom roller-reefingâEUR? is accomplished  âEURoewith a
>> horizontal foil inside the
>> boom. This method allows for standard- or full-length
>> horizontal battens.âEUR?
>> 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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