[Rhodes22-list] Sail Plan Changes

[Brad Haslett]

Elle,

Your $.02 worth may rule the day. After thinking about it some more I'm
loathe to change the original sail plan. The only reason I or anyone else
needs to stand while under sail is for me to get to the genoa winches.  They
are located forward of the wheel which means for every tack I have to leave
the helm if the genny out while single-handing or short-handed, which is
always.  Since my home waters is a curving river, I have to tack often.
What I've thought about is jury rigging some type of self-tending jib and
furl the 135% jenny to 100% and live with the less than optimum sail shape
(speed is not a primary concern).  Anyone have a photo of Stan's that I can
use to steal his intellectual property?

Brad

On 10/31/07, elle <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> my  2¢
> You could walk around on your knees...
>
> Sometimes short has it's advantages...;^)
>
> elle
>
> --- Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ok, boys and girls, put your thinking caps on!
> > Here's the deal, the sails
> > rep I've been visiting with has a 9.2C just like
> > mine that he raised the
> > boom 10 inches on for better headroom (mine is about
> > 5' 11 1/8 inches above
> > the cockpit which gives me 1/4 inch to play with
> > versus getting whacked
> > while standing up).  He also shortened his boom
> > length 21 inches which I
> > really don't want to do.  He says the boat handles
> > better, has less weather
> > helm, and the center of effort moves forward.  Other
> > than the obvious loss
> > of sail area (less than 5% by my calculations) what
> > can be anticipated in
> > changes of handling characteristics? He (the rep)
> > says it moves the center
> > of effort forward and the boat is more stable based
> > on his experience.
> >
> > Now this from Stan's site: *Lowering the boom,
> > automatically lowers the sail
> > inside the mast, which in turn lowers the center of
> > effort of the sail,
> > therefore increasing the stability of the boat
> > without cutting sail area.
> > In fact, boat speed actually increases slightly by
> > lowering the boom.
> >
> > *Can we assume then that raising the boom will
> > decrease stability and if so
> > by what margin?  What is your experience? Loss of
> > speed is not an issue with
> > me. Everytime I think about these things I get a
> > headache.  I'm sure Stan
> > could answer this in about 2 seconds but I'm afraid
> > he'd want a donation for
> > his experience.  That greed thing again.  I'm hoping
> > someone can think this
> > through and give an informed opinion at a reasonable
> > cost.  Like free!
> >
> > Brad
> > *
> >
> > *
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