[Rhodes22-list] Lee take up Shaw on his offer...

[Tootle]

Lee said, "I drive through Bowie everyday to and from work.

I called Mr. Shaw and he invited me to go sailing so he could demo the ease
of using his sleeve.  Can't ask for more than that.  His sleeve is about
$200 and I would still need to buy the spinnaker and accompanying hardware,
so the UPS set-up is probably about the same cost.

The biggest hassle would be pulling my boat and lowering the mask, which I
don't plan on doing until next winter."

First, take up Captain Shaw on his offer as fast as you can.  That $200
price is not etched in granite.  Check out Defender.

The only hard part is getting a line up the mast.  Do you have Stan's mast
raising system?  

Alternatively, there are sailboat guys who can shimmy up the mast.  The R22
mast will hold them.  At slack tide put your boat next to a bridge or
building that would allow feeding line thru.  

The UPS does require the installation of new hardware.

Once you have a line on a R22 to hoist the sail, a spinnaker can be flown
without any additional hardware.  That is how I first tested using my
spinnaker.  Mine is a sysmetrical spinnaker.  You just attach a light line
to each corner, hoist the sail and learn that it can work.[see addemdum]

After you see that you like the light weight sail, you can add the
accessories at your convenience.  For example using the bow pulpit as a
base, you can add blocks by clamping to the pulpit rail.  It works, not
fancy, not for the elite, but for Sunday sailors, it works.

Used spinnakers can be had cheaply.  They do not have to be perfect in size. 
According to a sailing instructor friend of mine, a small one is best to
learn on.  You do not need the chute to start learning.  I keep mine in a
small laundry basket at first.  It took me back to the dock several times
when otherwise I would have had to crank up.  

So, if you can creatively get a line thru your extra sheave, you can
probably try it for the $200 bucks he wanted from you for the chute alone.

Check out that used sail place in walking distance.  Or check out:

http://www.baconsails.com/database/boatspec.php

See this!

http://www.baconsails.com/database/formkiosk.php?sailtype=25&luff1=20&luff2=29&foot1=20&foot2=28

So it says it needs a few patches.  Thin nylon material is available at any
yard goods store.  Small nylon patches are available in the iron on type
[but you have to be extremely careful with nylon and ironing]  Looks like
this might be a cheap starter.  

At least go look at it:
  
Bacon & Associates, Inc.
116 Legion Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-263-4880
shop hours:
Mon-Fri 10am-5:30pm EST

Ed K
addendum: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things
that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.”  Mark Twain 


 


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