[Rhodes22-list] 8 Lowes on Country Rhodes Sunday

[Caesar Paul]

Jerry,
It sounds like you guys had a lot of fun. 
 
 I have been sailing with much less "rail meat," but still having a lot of fun, with winds pretty steady at about 8 mph.
 
I was sailing with a more experienced sailor over the weekend, and he had me use the traveller for the first time.  Sometimes I (people) need a push to do things, so the recent discussion on the list about using the traveller for better sail angle, and shape, and my friend who likes to experiment influenced this adventure into the unknown.  Discovered that it is not as challenging as imagined.
 
You can set the traveller to a determined distance off center for both port and starboard tack, and avoid touching it again, or make quick adjustments as the point of sail, or conditions demands.  Using the traveller means the main sheet distance between its connections points are shorter, giving greater boom control.  Am I on the right track here?
 
Caesar
 
 
 
 
 
  

--- On Mon, 9/29/08, cjlowe at sssnet.com <cjlowe at sssnet.com> wrote:

From: cjlowe at sssnet.com <cjlowe at sssnet.com>
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] 8 Lowes on Country Rhodes Sunday
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Date: Monday, September 29, 2008, 6:37 PM

Went to the lake after dinner on Sunday with the whole family-Carol,my
wife-Jeremy,30 year old son-Niki his wife-the grandchildren,Hunter
10,Caeden 2,Thomas 1 and daughter ,Brittany 23. Pretty cool having
almost 900 lbs of rail meat aboard.The winds were 8-14 mph,so we kept a
pretty good pace up all afternoon. Brittany has Downs Syndrone,and she
never really liked going sailing the other two times she went with Carol
and I,but in family mode,she had a blast.She even took the tiller for a
couple miles,until she got pissed at dad for helping her avoid the house
boat that had the nerve to get in her way. And as an end of the summer
treat ,we saw the bald eagle for the first time this year.

Jerry Lowe

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