[Rhodes22-list] reefing

Sun Feb 18 07:33:25 EST 2007

jb,

I like the wheel; I am used to sailing keelboats w/ a
wheel...it is the right thing for me for now; HOWEVER,
I prefer a tiller. It is more intuitive,
responsive.....ever drive a car w/o power steering or
with the 'graduated' power steering (don't remember
what it is called..)you can actually feel where the
wheels are...the tiller is like that....the tiller
gives more of a feel of what the boat is doing/is
going to do...kind of like 'driving with the seat of
your pants.'...

Having a wheel complicated throttle & gear control of
the engine....I had all that moved to the binnacle.
Extra expense...luckily I have a friend who is a
long-time boat dealer. After he got over my not buying
a boat from him (coupla hugs did it! ;^) he was able
to rig everything for me.

There are photos posted not long ago of the wheel &
engine rigging....

You are welcome to try out my boat...but unless there
are compelling reasons for a wheel, stick with the
tiller. 

elle

--- JbTek <j.bulfer at jbtek.com> wrote:

> 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??
> >
> > 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.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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > View this message in context:
> >
>
http://www.nabble.com/Roller-Reefing-on-Rhodes-Continental--Luis-Jay-Bulfer--tf3244499.html#a9019180
> > Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at
> Nabble.com.
> >
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> > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we
> can adjust our sails.
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We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

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