[Rhodes22-list] Loose-Footed Close-Hauling

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I never measure my rum.....ever.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 12/3/2010 12:05:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
blue66corvette at hotmail.com writes:


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
> > --
> > View this message in context:
>  >  
http://old.nabble.com/Loose-Footed-Close-Hauling-tp30366545p30366551.html
>  > Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>  >
> >
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