[Rhodes22-list] Genoa Furling Problems

[mtroy at atlanticbb.net]

We're still out of town reading email at the library but I 
didn't want to pass this one by.

What sort of furler? Is the sail high enough on the foil? 
The low foot sounds like a clue (clew?) to the problem. 
When the tape at the top of our genoa let go and it slid 
down the aluminum tube on the old GBI furler, it no longer 
furled well.

Has this sail ever furled properly? You say it's a new 
sail - does it have a luff pad? Is there a problem with 
the dimensions of the sail?

Lots of possibilities.

Best,
Mary Lou
posting from the beautiful and friendly library in 
Guilderland, NY
starting home later today, arriving home tomorrow

1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD



At 12:17 PM 6/29/2008, you wrote:

Went sailing yesterday with a fellow Rhodie who has a 
brand new 175 Genoa.
She mentioned that she was having a difficult time furling 
the Genoa tight
enough so the UV protector would completely cover the 
sail.  I now "humbly"
consider myself an expert furler, but no matter how much 
tension I put on
the sheets, I couldn't furl the Genoa tight enough on a 
port tack, and could
barely get the UV protector to cover the sail completely 
on a starboard
tack.

I noticed that the foot of her sail hangs lower than mine, 
which is probably
good for sail shape but I thought it might be the problem 
with the furling.

Any advice?

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
Kent Island, MD