[Rhodes22-list] Captain Slim Fastest

[elle]

Ed,

You'll have to remember to put a "harrumph!" in your
signature when you're being a scold.

(I'd like to see a picture, too...;^)

elle


--- Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:

> 
> Slim"
> 
> What about one of those plastic caribiners?  Why
> does the contraption have
> to be a wire?  Why not a tightly woven line with a
> plastic block.  Real
> cheap set up to try?  Remember to do better than Art
> and post a picture...
> 
> Some people post a lot of unsubstantiated stuff
> without documentation.  
> 
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
> attachment:
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> 
> 
> 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
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We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)