[Rhodes22-list] Genoa Furling Problems

[KUHN, LELAND]

Mary Lou,

When I retire, I don't plan on vacationing at work!  I guess it's a
little different if you're a retired librarian.

It's a brand new CDI furler with a Doyle sail, which is what Stan has
been using for his new and recycled boats for at least three years.

Art got me thinking about the mast rake, but I'm not sure if that's it.
I have the same furler and Genoa, and mine definitely hangs a littler
higher.  I assume that on all of our Genoas, the UV strip covers the
bottom of the sail better than the top, so it wouldn't take but a few
inches of angle difference to cause this problem.

So if the sail needs to be installed a little higher on the furler, does
that mean we have to find a trailer and mast raising sytem, haul her out
and lower her mast, and re-attach the top of the Genoa to the furler?
If that's the case, I think I'd rather just furl it in on a starboard
tack each time.

Thanks and enjoy upstate.

Lee

-----Original Message-----
From: mtroy at atlanticbb.net [mailto:mtroy at atlanticbb.net] 
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 11:58 AM
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Genoa Furling Problems

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

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