[Rhodes22-list] Genoa Furling Problems

[KUHN, LELAND]

Slim,

Yes, but that's something I hadn't even thought of.

Lee


-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Alm [mailto:stevenalm at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 5:13 AM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Genoa Furling Problems

Lee,

A simple but important detail-- are both foot lines and leach lines
fully
slack?  They should be for proper reefing.

Slim

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 11:28 AM, KUHN, LELAND <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:

>
> Mary Lou,
>
> When I retire, I don't plan on vacationing at work!  I guess it's a
> little different if you're a retired librarian.
>
> It's a brand new CDI furler with a Doyle sail, which is what Stan has
> been using for his new and recycled boats for at least three years.
>
> Art got me thinking about the mast rake, but I'm not sure if that's
it.
> I have the same furler and Genoa, and mine definitely hangs a littler
> higher.  I assume that on all of our Genoas, the UV strip covers the
> bottom of the sail better than the top, so it wouldn't take but a few
> inches of angle difference to cause this problem.
>
> So if the sail needs to be installed a little higher on the furler,
does
> that mean we have to find a trailer and mast raising sytem, haul her
out
> and lower her mast, and re-attach the top of the Genoa to the furler?
> If that's the case, I think I'd rather just furl it in on a starboard
> tack each time.
>
> Thanks and enjoy upstate.
>
> Lee
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mtroy at atlanticbb.net [mailto:mtroy at atlanticbb.net]
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 11:58 AM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Genoa Furling Problems
>
> We're still out of town reading email at the library but I
> didn't want to pass this one by.
>
> What sort of furler? Is the sail high enough on the foil?
> The low foot sounds like a clue (clew?) to the problem.
> When the tape at the top of our genoa let go and it slid
> down the aluminum tube on the old GBI furler, it no longer
> furled well.
>
> Has this sail ever furled properly? You say it's a new
> sail - does it have a luff pad? Is there a problem with
> the dimensions of the sail?
>
> Lots of possibilities.
>
> Best,
> Mary Lou
> posting from the beautiful and friendly library in
> Guilderland, NY
> starting home later today, arriving home tomorrow
>
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Rock Hall, MD
>
>
>
> At 12:17 PM 6/29/2008, you wrote:
>
> Went sailing yesterday with a fellow Rhodie who has a
> brand new 175 Genoa.
> She mentioned that she was having a difficult time furling
> the Genoa tight
> enough so the UV protector would completely cover the
> sail.  I now "humbly"
> consider myself an expert furler, but no matter how much
> tension I put on
> the sheets, I couldn't furl the Genoa tight enough on a
> port tack, and could
> barely get the UV protector to cover the sail completely
> on a starboard
> tack.
>
> I noticed that the foot of her sail hangs lower than mine,
> which is probably
> good for sail shape but I thought it might be the problem
> with the furling.
>
> Any advice?
>
> Lee
> 1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
> Kent Island, MD
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