[Rhodes22-list] Sailing Upwind

[Mary Lou Troy]

Ah, they gave you our favorite spot!

We are hoping to do more sailing now that the weather has improved.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD



At 08:30 AM 8/27/2010, you wrote:

>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)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> PS-Could not connect to Nabble today??!!
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