[Rhodes22-list] Sail Plan Changes

[Brad Haslett]

PT,

About once a month I find myself price checking Alerion 28's on
Yachtworld.com, and yup, they're still expensive. They have got to be the
sexiest and most graceful looking sail boats built.  The single biggest
drawback for me is that they draw over four feet, nearly as much as mine.
My home sailing waters would double in size at three feet draft or less.  If
I could figure out how to install a Hoyt Jib Boom on the S2 I would.  I'm
thinking more along the lines of "Jed Clampet" engineering - cheap but
effective.

Brad

On 11/2/07, Peter Thorn <pthorn at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Brad,
>
> Self tacking jibs are pretty cool.  You want easy tacking?  Check these
> out-
>
>
> http://alerionexpress.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/ae20broadband
> .
> swf
>
> PT
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Brad Haslett
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 7:16 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Sail Plan Changes
>
> 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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