[Rhodes22-list] Here is Doyle offer on UPS pricing

[cowie]

Thanks for the input.  I will get to know my genoa first and then think about
adding the ups to the family.



Ronald Lipton-3 wrote:
> 
> The UPS is much lighter than the 175 and will retain it's shape (and not
> need to be poled) in much lighter winds.  You also get to pick the 
> colors (yellow
> and green?).  The harken luff furler is probably not crucial, but it is 
> nice to be
> able to furl the sail without going to the foredeck.
> 
> Ron
> 
> 
> R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>> Rick,
>> Thanks for your honest appraisal. I've often wondered if it would be any  
>> different than poling out the 175.
>>  
>> Rummy
>>  
>>  
>> In a message dated 3/1/2009 2:13:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
>> sloopblueheron at gmail.com writes:
>>
>> Since  the UPS is mounted inside the fore stay, you need to drop it to
>> effectively  use the genny.  The exception to effectively using the genny
>> is
>> when  you wing-on-wing it with the genny.
>>
>> It doesn't make much sense to use  the UPS partially furled, so the
>> furler is
>> mainly a convenience to  deploying and stiking the sail.  I'm averse to
>> going
>> out on the bow  deck these days and the furler makes it completely
>> possible
>> to manage the  sail fully from within the cabin with the pop top up . 
>> (You
>> wouldn't  want to deploy the UPS anyway when conditions are not conducive
>> to
>> sailing  with the pop top up.)
>>
>> I've found I can pretty much get to wind speed on  a run using the UPS
>> wing-on-wing with the genny that is is poled out.   However, I don't
>> think the UPS pulls any better than the 175 genny on a  reach in light
>> air.
>>
>> Since I do mainly coastal day sailing, which means  my light air sailing
>> is mainly on a reach to sea breezes or coast  influenced prevailing
>> winds,
>> there's only a few days each season I get an  opportunity to run in
>> light air.  All-in-all, I've found the UPS has  the lowest ROI of any
>> thousand bucks I've spent on my  boat.
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 6:28 PM, cowie  <ccowie at cowieassociates.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> How do most  people like to use the ups, always installed with furling
>>> mechanism or  manual only when needed?
>>>
>>>
>>> R Orkin wrote:
>>>  >
>>>     
>>>>       
>>>  http://www.nabble.com/file/p22235080/Doyle%2BSails%2B2009%2BRhodes%2B
>>>     
>> 22%2BUPS%2BOffer%2B%25281%2529.pdf
>>   
>>>  > Doyle+Sails+2009+Rhodes+22+UPS+Offer+%281%29.pdf
>>>     
>>>  > If the PDF file is not readable..
>>>     
>>>> $644 for the Sail + 30  shipping
>>>> Add a Furling Kit
>>>> RWO Continuous line  furler
>>>> with control line loop
>>>> and sheets  $225
>>>>  Contact: Paul Beaudin
>>>> Doyle Sailmakers  225 Fordham Street City Island, NY 10464
>>>> 800-237-4453 Email  doylesails at verizon.net
>>>>
>>>>       
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