[Rhodes22-list] Captain Slim Fastest

Wed Jun 4 05:22:39 EDT 2008

Slim,
Good point - I don't want the sail flapping around uncontrollably either - if the wind is that uncontrollable I'll come in and have some Rum.  The caribiner seems to work for me, although attached normally to the sheets I am using.  The unused sheets are hanked to the base of the mast by the attached caribiner, so it is not loose on the deck to flap around.  I am unaware of what plastic alternative is available, but I'm game if it is sturdy enough.  A lighter metal alternative would be a rectanguler metal shackle which screws together.  The boat is in Tampa, so I can't send a picture until I'm back there.  
The point of this rig is to create a simple and quick alternative to extra sheets which have to be knotted within the clue.  What is your alternative to this brilliance, my friend?
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 4, 2008 1:40 AM
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Captain Slim Fastest
>
>Ed,
>
>No, I do not have a picture.  That's Art's job.  I'm just saying that you
>don't want a metal caribiner flapping around uncontrollably.  I've never
>seen a plastic one--have you?  Would that remove the danger?
>
>Slim
>
>On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 4:16 PM, 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:
>> http://www.nabble.com/file/p17633911/Cat%2Bon%2BFence.gif Cat+on+Fence.gif
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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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