[Rhodes22-list] sailing reply to Andrew...
Andrew Collins
sailingvesselcarmen at gmail.com
Wed Nov 12 17:45:01 EST 2008
Ed
Thanks. My curiosity is piqued, and I will be researching that model boat
more. Do you think a boom furler could be attached?
Andrew
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
>
> The Rhodes 22 and O'Day 26 are only similar in the stubby keel and swing
> centerboard.
>
> The IMF spoils you in regards to sails. A boat with IMF and furling
> foresail has infinitely adjustable combinations for varying wind
> conditions.
> This gives the R22 with IMF and furling foresail easily adjustable for
> conditions.
>
> The O'Day 26 is a standard mast mainsail. And because of the design of the
> boat the main is specifically designed for this boat. It has a big roach
> main sail. The mainsail is unique, at least to me.
>
> I learned to sail on a standard mast mainsail boat. Its shape was not like
> the main that I got with the 26. The mainsail is different from a standard
> main Rhodes 22. The main on the 26 does not look like the main of Bob
> Weber's boat in the picture on his web site.
>
> The shape of the bow is also very specific. C. Raymond Hunt a boat
> designer,
> who worked out of Boston, was the equal of Phil Rhodes. Hunt even got a
> patent on the shape of his bow. It is supposed to be very efficient in
> slicing thru water. The angle is very specific.
>
> Hunt has followed Rhodes to designing in the way beyond, but his company
> still exists. The current president must be Stan's age. His name is John
> Deknatel. But to make you happy, he is a MIT grad. He is a virtually an
> unknown design name because all his works came as designed by C. Raymond
> Hunt Associates.
>
> Hunt was no longer a sailboat designer when the 26 was designed. In fact,
> Deknatel probably designed the 25. The 26 has a history. It is a
> refinement of the O'Day 25 which was built for about 10 years. Like Stan
> and the Rhodes 22 there was constant refinement of the 25.
>
> The 26 made a couple of sailing performance changes even though it was
> stated to be a cosmetic modernization. The stubby keel is at least 3
> inches
> deeper on the 26 which improves its sailing performance. The keel may also
> be a little longer. And there where other handling design changes.
>
> What I am saying is the O'Day 26 design is more performance directed than
> the R22. Raymond Hunt had a son who raced sailboats, that is Jim Hunt.
> Jim
> Hunt was for a time President of O'Day sailboats. So the performance
> influence is noticeable.
>
> I did not get the boat because of what I have said above. I got it as a
> project boat to fix up. Trying to find information on the boat, I came up
> the above history.
>
> My wife usually sleeps while I do the sailing. The 26 has berth/settees on
> both sides of the cabin. So she likes that feature. The boat weighs about
> a ton more than the R22, so the ballast effect is noticeable.
>
> On the Rhodes 22, we generally sit toward the back of the cockpit. This
> boat is designed that the place to sail it is forward in the cockpit. The
> traveler is forward of the cockpit near the companionway. I use the
> traveler much more than on the R22.
>
> In response to your question, they are quite different even though both
> have
> stubby keels with swing centerboards.
>
> Stan suggested that I put a R22 IMF mast on it, but the amount of sail
> would
> be reduced too much. The boom on this thing is 10' 8' long and you cannot
> roll that much sail into the R22 IMF. Elle's picture of the Skipjacks
> shows
> a long boomed sailboat.
>
> BTW, my R22 is currently in my backyard. Getting it there is a major
> project.
>
> Ed K
>
>
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