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

[Hank]

Return on investment

On 3/1/09, Caesar Paul <caesarpaul01 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Rick,
>
> Was does ROI mean?
>
> Have you been ever out sailing and there was not enough wind to fill out the
> genny, and being dead in the water, the UPS got you moving again?
>
> Thanks,
> Caesar
>
> --- On Sun, 3/1/09, Blue Heron <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Blue Heron <sloopblueheron at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Here is Doyle offer on UPS pricing
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Sunday, March 1, 2009, 11:13 AM
>
> 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%2B22%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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