[Rhodes22-list] Mike C and squirrels new home in Ohio - Now Running Sheets

[Leland]

Mike,

Running the Genoa sheets across the cabintop and then to the winch works,
but not well.  They drag across the cabintop hand-holds at quite an angle.

When running the sheets across the deck to the winch, don't forget to run
them through the snatchblock.  Otherwise the sheet will be angled down too
much when it hits the winch and will cause winch override, which will cause
your sheet to lock onto the winch.  It's very difficult to get the sheet
unlocked without heading into the wind to release the tension on the sheet. 
To prevent this from happening, your sheet must lead up, not down, to its
winch.  I'm sure it's the reason Stan mounts our winches on raised
platforms.  There's a good article on eliminating winch overrides in the
August issue of Sail Magazine that just came out.

Lee


Leland wrote:
> 
> Mike,
> 
> Great looking boat, but I may be a little partial since mine is red too.
> 
> The cam cleats are for running the sheets across the decks, as everyone
> has stated.  It took me about 100 trips before I decided that I too liked
> running the Genoa sheets straight back to the winch.  You seemed to have
> figured this out on your first sail.
> 
> Using the winch instead of the cam cleat may get your sheet in the way of
> a passenger, but I doubt it.  You might also get more of a direct pull
> from the eye thingy, but I doubt that it makes a significant difference
> even in heavy winds.  It's nice to be able to use the winch, and the
> "clam" cleat works much easier than the "cam" cleat.
> 
> Just an FYI, if you install a bimini where mine is installed, you'll run
> the starboard sheet outside the bimini support and the port sheet inside
> the support.  They'll both barely touch the support but there won't be any
> interference.
> 
> I've never tried running the sheet across the cabintop and then to the
> winch.  It would be more of an angle from the eye thingy and a higher
> angle down to the winch, but I'm definitely going to try it next time out.
> 
> Good luck and thanks for the idea!
> 
> Lee
> 1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
> Kent Island, MD
> 
> 
> Mike Cheung wrote:
>> 
>> The route:  We took 32 to 460 to 295 to 95 on day one.  We planned an
>> overnight north of Richmond Saturday night since we didn't know when we'd
>> be on the road after our Saturday noon-ish arrival at GBI.  From there we
>> took I-95 to 17 to avoid Wash. DC and then a couple other roads to end up
>> in Breezewood, PA.  Near as I can tell that's "purgatory on earth" since
>> heading anywhere SE of Akron you end up there.  From there we take the PA
>> turnpike to the OH turnpike to home.
>> 
>> Heading due west to pick up I-77 would almost certainly be longer, though
>> I-77 does run close to us.
>> 
>> As for the vertically adjusting stern support.  What a cool idea! 
>> Actually, summers the barn is such a mess that getting the boat in and
>> out would take half a day anyway.  I'd rather leave her road rigged next
>> to the barn, ready to go.  
>> 
>> I guess I buy the explanation for the cams on the cabin side.  When we
>> played with Stan's test boat I'm pretty sure I rigged that "between the
>> stays" genoa position back to the winch.  It worked, but I'll try the
>> cabin side cleat next time.
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Tootle wrote:
>>> 
>>> Mike:
>>> 
>>> Great report.  So you took some of Stan's squirrels home with you?
>>> 
>>> Did you consider going west from Stan's and up I-77 like Caesar did?
>>> 
>>> I guess you answered the questions posted about whether a Honda Pilot
>>> can tow a R22.
>>> 
>>> You have been given the correct answers to your question about the
>>> cleats on the side of the cabin.
>>> 
>>> Why didn't you tell Stan that you needed a special mast rest for the
>>> stern of the boat that you could crank up and down to get boat in barn?
>>> 
>>> Ed K
>>> Greenville, SC, USA
>>> "The chance for mistakes is about equal to the number of crew squared."- 
>>> Ted Turner
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

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