[Rhodes22-list] Which is Fastest?

[Steven Alm]

Art,

I think your self-tending jib idea is pretty ingenious.  I'll have to try
that some day.  However, clipping on a caribiner WITHOUT the wire traveler
is dangerous.  You don't want a hunk of metal flopping around violently if
you're upwind and luffing.  Yes, it would be handy to clip onto a separate
pair of sheets but you might lose your front teeth making the change.
Better to just reroute the one pair of sheets you have.  But clipped onto
something like a wire traveler sounds intriguing.  .

Slim

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Arthur H. Czerwonky <
czerwonky at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Bob,
>
> You can attach a caribiner to the genny clue for attachment to an extra set
> of sheets between the mast and inner shrouds and clip on or off whatever
> sheets as you wish.  You can also connect a wire at the right level between
> the two lower forward shrouds and create a 'traveler' for a self-tending
> jib.  I use the latter, which is much less fuss and work.  Does that make
> sense?
>
> Art
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Bob Keller <r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com>
> >Sent: Jun 3, 2008 12:11 PM
> >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Which is Fastest?
> >
> >
> >Lee,
> >I have a question: How do you run the genoa sheet between the mast and
> inner shroud as indicated in B below?  I have never had any success doing
> this, but it seems like it would help (I was trying to point into 18-20
> knots last weekend and could have used that).
> >Thanks.
> >Bob K> Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 16:50:54 -0700> From: LKUHN at cnmc.org> To:
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Which is Fastest?> >
> > Great afternoon of sailing. Played around with three different sail plans
> to> see which would be the fastest. For all three; true wind was about
> 12-14> knots, centerboard was down, close reach of about 50 degrees with
> sails> adjusted properly, 10-15 degree heel, and the tiller was locked
> straight. I> did need to occasionally shift my weight slightly to keep on
> tack.> > A. Boom down. Genoa sheet between mast and inner shroud. Genoa
> reefed to> about 70%. Full main.> > B. Boom up. Genoa sheet between inner
> and outer shrouds. Genoa reefed to> about 110%. Main reefed to about 60%.> >
> C. Boom up. No Genoa. Full main.> > Which do you think was fastest? Results
> surprised me.> > Lee> 1986 Rhodes22 At Ease> Kent Island, MD> -- > View this
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