[Rhodes22-list] Sally Sail - Question to all

[Mary Lou Troy]

I believe Rummy said that the main with the single vertical batten 
was a distinct improvement over his old main but I don't know what 
was the condition of the sail he replaced. I do know that if we were 
to replace our main we would go with the battened main.

Mary Lou
1991 R22  Fretless
Rock Hall, MD

At 07:10 PM 1/29/2009, you wrote:

>Ken,
>
>  I am by no means an expert on sail performance but I don't think you will
>get a significant increase in performance over the stock sail. I know there
>are several guys on this forum who have raced their R22s perhaps they will
>notice this thread and chime in.
>
>John Shulick
>
>
>Squid wrote:
> >
> > Hi John,
> > Thanks for the response. I'll take your advise and e-mail Stan. I'm not
> > even sure if adding battens would give a significant improvement to the
> > R22 main sail performance. What do you think?
> > Ken
> >
> > John Shulick wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Ken,
> >>
> >> For a sail the size of an IMF mainsail 5 oz. dacron should suffice for
> >> most sailing conditions. Battens are more problematic since they must be
> >> vertical as opposed to the more conventional horizontal configuration. I
> >> have a standard mast on my boat and do not know if the inside diameter of
> >> the IMF mast can accommodate the extra thickness of vertical battens. You
> >> may want to contact the owner of general boats and talk to the owner one
> >> Stan Spitzer the man who designed and still builds the rhodes 22. You can
> >> e-mail him at stan at rhodes22.com
> >>
> >> glad ta meet ya
> >>
> >> John Shulick
> >>
> >>
> >> Squid wrote:
> >>>
> >>> What is the ideal Dacron fabric weight for the IMF Main Sail? Are there
> >>> any options for battens?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Ken
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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