[Rhodes22-list] Captain Slim Fastest

Wed Jun 4 06:56:28 EDT 2008

Slim,

It must be true - is Ed becoming more senile, even at such a young age?  So impatient for proof in pictures!

An unrelated issue - when do you plan to visit your mother in Florida.  You should see her at least each quarter, not quarter moon that is, but each three months...  and you should call her at least each week...  and you should let me know when you travel so we can take a spin in the boat.  I'll plan a Singerman Special if you want!

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
>>
>>
>> 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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