[Rhodes22-list] Bud - special reply - see if it comes thru? If not go to nabble...

[Bud]

Ed,
   that works.

Thanks!
Bud

Tootle wrote:

>Bud,
>Sometimes,
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>Ed K
>Greenville, SC, USA
>"Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit
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>Joe_the_Sous_Chef wrote:
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>>GentleSailors (aren’t I polite as well as politically correct)
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>>I have a question regarding heeling angles
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>>S/V La Sirena (03 Recyc 07) was delivered to Sesuit Harbor on Cape Cod BAY
>>in mid-July (thank you Elton, thank you Stan and Rose), and been out as
>>often as I can scrape together the time. We have IMF, 175% Genoa, UPP.
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>>Prevailing summer winds in Cape Cod Bay are from the southwest or from the
>>northeast. South west winds give ideal sailing. The northeast winds chop
>>the Bay up, (seas 2-3ft, whitecaps) when they blow 10-15 kts with gusts to
>>20 kts.
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>>I have no crew, so typically sail with the boom lowered, pop top down, and
>>up on the gunnels. 
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>>In your collective experience, particularly those of you sailing on Long
>>Island Sound, Chesapeake Bay, or north of Boston, 
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>>--at what angle of heel will you sail on a reach under these conditions
>>(wind 15kts, seas 2-3 ft, singlehanding)? 
>>--how close to hull speed will you come under these conditions? 
>>--would you sail reefed under these conditions?
>>--both sails? (when I reefed both sails, all we did was wallow around at
>>about 1-2 kts of hull speed; not much fun)
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>>I know Rhodes don’t tip over, but there is always one danged fool who will
>>find it possible. The Admiral (and the Commodore) prefers it not be me.
>>Besides, the Commodore tells me the boat sails faster if it is FLAT.
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>>Thoughts and comments appreciated.
>>
>>Joe (the Sous Chef)
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