[Rhodes22-list] Promised Pictures

[JbTek]

Stan,
 That little bit of "common sense info" you just gave is what a lot of
people are here for. If you post that kinda info with a subject of "common
sense" it could be retrieved easily.
Jb
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Promised Pictures


> I didn't realize that slightly below horizontal was the ideal.  Please
don't hesitate to post common sense.  This Rhodie only has a small reservw
of that stuff.
>
> Ben S
> Velvet Elvis
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From:  "stan" <stan at rhodes22.com>
> Subj:  Re: [Rhodes22-list] Promised Pictures
> Date:  Thu Aug 14, 2008 14:01
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>
> OK, I need a breather - move over Rummy:
>
> Most everything on the Rhodes can be figured out by Rhodies because all it
> takes is common sense and we all know from all the postings, that is one
> thing every Rhodie has
>
> One of the things we want the main sheet to do is adjust sail shape.   So
we
> pull on the boom and that in turn pulls on the sail.    If the boom were
> being help up by the topping lift, we would, in effect, not be pulling not
> on the sail but on the topping lift and sail shape would not change.
(And
> you blamed losing that last race, on the boat.)
>
> So, when under sail, put enough slack in the topping lift line so you
don't
> get into a tug of war with the topping lift when trying to set your main
> sail.  When sailing you do not need the topping lift because the sail is
> supporting the boom.
>
> Of course your common sense is going to tell you that just before you put
> the sail away you should take the slack out of the topping lift.  The
> quickest way to explain the topping lift's job in life to guests not
getting
> it, is to have them stand under the boom and put the sail away without
> re-setting the topping lift.
>
> While I am diverted, as an aside, when you do put an IMF away, the boom
> should be slightly below horizontal.  The higher you have the topping lift
> hold the boom above horizontal, the more likely you will bunch the sail up
> inside the mast and be calling me in the morning.
>
> and, as Chris Mathews says, "tell me something I don't know".
>
> ss
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Caesar Paul" <caesarpaul01 at yahoo.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Promised Pictures
>
>
> Rummy,
>
> Thanks for your experienced eye. I regret not having a seasoned sailor
with
> me to point out things that others often miss.
>
>
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