[Rhodes22-list] Sail Plan Changes

[Robert Skinner]

To test out the idea, you can (for a short time) 
simply tie a piece of line from one forward 
shroud to the other and let a loop of the jib 
sheet ride on it.  Neither pretty nor efficient, 
it might get the mental juices flowing.

/Robert
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John Lock wrote:
> 
> At 06:15 AM 11/2/2007 -0500, you wrote:
> >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)
> 
> I've seen examples of this where you basically just mount a length of
> sail track across the deck.  Do whatever engineering is needed to
> mount it flat.  Put a jib car on that without the pinstop in it, so
> it's free to move back and forth.  Voila, self-tending jib.  For a
> lot more money you can get a sexy Harken ball-bearing traveler to do
> the same thing.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> John Lock
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> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> Lake Sinclair, GA
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