[Rhodes22-list] Sailing Upwind

[cowie]

I have also been struggling with trying sail closer to the wind and will
experiment with the sheets inside the outer shroud.  I usually move the
sheets to the inner cleats but will try leading them back to the winch. 
Enclosed is a photo of Opus at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum were I
spent the night next to my Dad's boat Bravo.  You can see my plastic shroud
covers in the photo.  I think the alternate sheet placement will work well
in wind speed over 5kts but find that the smaller sail area, restricted due
to the spreaders, cuts down on boat speed too much. I will post some
sketches and description of the weekend trip with my Dad when I get it
formated.



BenCittadino wrote:
> 
> Stephen;
> 
> I just ran the sheets inside the outermost shrouds and brought them
> through the pulleys and winches on the gunwhales. I think I need some
> shroud "guards" or "rollers" before I bring the Genny back past the mast
> by that route, but I was definitely surprised how much difference that
> seemingly small adjustment made in upwind sailing.
> 
> BenC
> 
> Stephen Staum wrote:
>> 
>> Ben,
>> 
>> Did you go just inside the shrouds or to the inner track as well?
>> 
>> Stephen Staum
>> 87 R22, Carol Lee
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Aug 23, 2010, at 6:55 PM, "Benjamin Cittadino" <BCittadino at dcs-law.com 
>>  > wrote:
>> 
>>> I had two days in a row on Sandy Hook Bay in NJ this weekend, and I  
>>> want
>>> to report that I had a pleasing experience by "finally" re-routing the
>>> Jib (175 Genny) sheets inside the outer shrouds to try for better  
>>> upwind
>>> sailing. I have to say that I didn't expect much difference, but I was
>>> delighted to get inside 45 degrees at last. I obviously didn't let the
>>> Genny out to the full 175, but at 100 we flew along and I felt like I
>>> could make real headway upwind. I had delayed trying the new route for
>>> the sheets because I thought the sail would get all hung up in the
>>> shrouds, but it's become no big deal. Try it, you'll like it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> BenCittadino
>>>
>>> S/V Susan Kay ('93 recycled '08)
>>>
>>>
>>>
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