[Rhodes22-list] Sally Sail - Question to all

[Caesar Paul]

Rummy said to me that Rhodes with battened main vs Rhodes with straight cut or without batten, all things being equal; the Rhodes with battened main would slowly pull away for the Rhodes without battened main.
 
Caesar
Gentle Breeze

--- On Fri, 1/30/09, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:

From: Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Sally Sail - Question to all
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Date: Friday, January 30, 2009, 1:40 PM

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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