[Rhodes22-list] Close Haul Question

[Leland]

Mary Lou,

It was GPS and you're right, we have extreme currents in the Eastern Bay. 
I'm amazed how strong the current is when it squeezes through Kent Narrows. 
Some sailboats with small outboards can't make it.  I was told that the big
chop comes from the wind blowing in the opposite direction of the current,
but we had huge chop yesterday and I think wind and current were both going
in the same direction.  The least amount of chop was when I got out in the
Chesapeake--more space between waves.  My destination was the 164' hole next
to the Bloody Point Lighthouse.  I doubt that I'll ever sail out into the
Atlantic, so that's probably the most water that'll ever be beneath my boat. 
Had to adjust my depthfinder to get a reading.

Good point on the side deck leads.  I gained less than 5 degrees into the
wind using the cabintop leads versus the side deck, and it really reduced
the amount of headsail.

Thanks!

Lee



Mary Lou Troy-2 wrote:
> 
> Lee,
> Was that speed through the water or over ground (GPS). If you are 
> taliking over ground, on the Chesapeake, it depends on whether the 
> current is with you or against you. If you were out by the shipping 
> channel, you were surely feeling the effects of the current. Did you 
> go out Eastern Bay? If the tide was going out, I imagine there is 
> quite a bot of current there as well. Do you have 3 sets of leads for 
> the jib (cabintop, side deck and on the coaming tracks)?  If you were 
> sheeted to the cabin top, it might be better to be sheeted to the 
> side decks - the jib might have been pinched a bit if it was to the 
> cabin top. Also we also don't point nearly as well with the 175 genoa 
> reefed to 100 even with the sheets inside. No real advice - just a 
> few thoughts.
> 
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22  Fretless
> Rock Hall, MD
> 
> At 09:09 AM 5/22/2007, you wrote:
> 
>>I typically sail on a beam to close reach for fun and so I end up back at
the
>>marina without having to motor.
>>
>>Yesterday I decided to do a destination sail.  There was a small craft
>>advisory due to heavy chop, but winds were generally less than 15 knots. 
I
>>started with a full main and no genoa just to try it out.  I was on a run
>>and immediately exceeded theoretical hull speed.  It was fun riding the
>>waves but I certainly had to stay focused--a couple of times I let the
chop
>>hit me on the beam and I felt like the boat was going to roll over.  After
>>about 30 minutes the chop died to about two foot waves and I enjoyed a
fast
>>broad reach for about an hour.  By this point I had reached the shipping
>>channel in the middle of the Chesapeake, and decided it was time to turn
>>back.  Since the last hour had mostly been a broad reach, I figured I
could
>>follow the same path home on a close reach.  The wind and waves got a
little
>>better, yet it still took me five hours of sailing and a half an hour of
>>motoring to get back to the marina.  Part of the delay was experimenting
>>with different adjustments and spending more time going fast than into the
>>wind, but I still felt like I could have done something different to make
>>better time.
>>
>>In about a 10 knot wind, full main, 10 to 15 degrees of heel, 120% genoa
>>rigged to the outside, board up, boom and poptop up, close reach; I could
>>steadily maintain 5 to 5.5 knots, even with a little chop.
>>
>>In about a 10 knot wind, full main, 10 to 15 degrees of heel, 100% genoa
>>rigged between the mast and inner shroud, board down, boom and poptop
down,
>>traveler to windward, close haul; I could only do 1.5 to 2 knots.
>>
>>Question:  If your destination is into the wind, do you make better time
>>going slow into the wind, or fast off the wind, or somewhere in between? 
I
>>assume the answer is slow into the wind with lots of tacks, but it just
>>didn't feel that way.  Also, is there something I could have done to
improve
>>my speed into the wind?  Any advice is appreciated.
>>
>>Lee
>>1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
>>Crab Alley (Kent Island, MD)
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