[Rhodes22-list] Loose-Footed Close-Hauling

[Charles Nieman]

This is sounding more like the way Rummy measures a Rum glass
 
> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 10:07:24 -0500
> From: sloopblueheron at gmail.com
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Loose-Footed Close-Hauling
> 
> Lee,
> 
> Interesting. My RC boat has a loose footed mainsail also. There is a
> marked improvement in pointing and speed by opneing the gap between foot and
> boom to 3 fingers. A linear translation to the R22 would be 21 fingers.
> 
> Rick
> 
> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Apparently there's a problem with the link. Let's see if this works:
> >
> > http://old.nabble.com/file/p30366551/Norton%2BYacht%2BSales%2BTutorial.pdf
> > Norton+Yacht+Sales+Tutorial.pdf
> >
> > Lee
> >
> >
> > Thought this was a good tip regarding close-hauled sailing in light wind:
> >
> > "On the loose-footed mainsails (in-mast furling) a good rule of thumb is to
> > ease the outhaul to have a gap between the foot of the main and the boom of
> > about 18-24 inches at the widest point. This “camber” adjustment of the
> > “wing” allows more lift to be generated for a given wind speed."
> >
> >
> > http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/Brad's%20Briefs%20I.pdf<http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/Brad%27s%20Briefs%20I.pdf>
> >
> > http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/Brad's%20Briefs%20I.pdf<http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/Brad%27s%20Briefs%20I.pdf>
> >
> > This came from a yacht salesman so the gap might be slightly less on our
> > boats because we have littlier feet.
> >
> > Lee
> > 1986 Rhodes22 AT EASE
> > Kent Island, MD
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> >
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