[Rhodes22-list] Rigging discussion, extra forestay(s)

[Ronald Lipton]

Hank,

  The UPS furls on it"s own luff inboard of the jib - it does not use the
stay.  I have one and it is very nice for light air when the geona doesn't
fill.  It is raised by the spare halyard on the mast.

Ron


Hank wrote:
> John,
>
> If you don't already have a UPS, get an asymmetrical Spinnaker.  It's
> practically the same thing except that it doesn't attach to the stay.  The
> foot attaches to the shackle on the bow it is raised with a halyard.  the
> clew is held by the sheets.  With a spinnaker, gybes are done with the sail
> going outside the stay so the genny and its hardware do not interfere.  Here
> is a good site on how to rig it.  This can be done single handed as you
> don't need a pole or any of its associated lines.
> http://www.fxsails.com/spinnarticle2.php
>
>
> Hank
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 5:40 PM, John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Thanks for the reminder.  That's a good pictorial of dual furling
>> headsails on the Rhodes 22.
>>
>> That's similar too what I had in mind, but not exactly.  In
>> particular, I'd like to put the UPS on the outer stay and the furling
>> jib on the inner stay.  My reasoning is that I'll do more tacking on
>> the jib than on the UPS (working upwind).  Therefore tacking should be
>> most convenient on the inner stay.  Also, on my fractional rig, I've
>> got extra space above the jib attachment to the masthead.  This may
>> mean being able to hang a larger UPS than normally associated with the
>> Rhode sail plan on the new outer stay.  Not sure that's a Good Thing
>> and that's why I haven't just jumped on it yet.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> John Lock
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
>> Lake Sinclair, GA
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>> On Jul 28, 2009, at 16:57, Leland wrote:
>>     
>>> Here you go:
>>>
>>>  http://www.rhodes22.org/upssail/index.html
>>>
>>> Compliments of one of Mary Lou's posts.
>>>
>>> Lee
>>>       
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