[Rhodes22-list] Sailing Q: how many folks singlehand a R22 with15+knot w...

[Bob Weber]

Single handing in 15 kts.  That would be too easy.  Instead I put a total rookie at the helm and tell him/her what to do.  As the wind picks up, cockpit management gets more complex and by the time the wind get to twenty (that is when the rigging starts to sing) I can't talk fast enough to stay ahead of the crew and I have to take over.  Stan is right 30 is when the rhodes is out gunned mostly by the waves that it makes.  If any one wants to learn to sail on a Rhodes go to www.OdysseySailing.com and sign up.  I am centrally located close to the whole nation.  

 

Bob Weber

s/v Ruba

Port St. Louis
 
> From: stan at rhodes22.com
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:58:22 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Sailing Q: how many folks singlehand a R22 with15+knot w...
> 
> 30 has been my practical limit
> 
> ss
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 10:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Sailing Q: how many folks singlehand a R22 
> with15+knot w...
> 
> 
> > Lou,
> > I love the big winds. I usually try to get some additional crew for rail
> > meat and I also need a bar wench to make drinks. 15 to 20 is really 
> > sporting
> > in a Rhodes.
> >
> > Rummy
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 8/21/2009 7:43:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > lsr3 at nyu.edu writes:
> >
> >
> > Today was one of my few days off this month and I was hoping to do some
> > sailing.
> > Winds were forecast to pick up in the late afternoon but the humidity
> > exploded into
> > severe T storms by 2pm in Bklyn. Actually they were westbound and missed
> > Rockaway Inlet but
> > I turned Miracles around at Noon when I saw whitecaps and a building
> > southerly breeze, possible higher seas to Hurricane Bill approaching the
> > off
> > shore area tomorrow.
> >
> > So how many of you Rhodes owners either on lakes or bays sail your boat
> > when winds are
> > near or above 15knots?
> > just curious..
> > Lou
> >
> > Ive finally attached a shot of my modification to my "headlights" the 
> > front
> > portlights on my boat were
> > installed by a prev owner and new and didnt leak but collected water and 
> > I
> > decided to cover them with acrylic covers hinged with white oak and
> > varnished with Epiphanes.
> > http://www.nabble.com/file/p25088995/Headlt%2BcoversCU2.jpg
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