[Rhodes22-list] reefing

[JbTek]

elle,

    How do you like your wheel?
My wife loves that Idea, I'm not so sure.

    Jb
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "elle" <watermusic38 at yahoo.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] reefing


> 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?oReefing 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?oIn-boom roller-reefingâ? is accomplished â?owith 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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> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
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