[Rhodes22-list] Genoa size - 130 or 150

[Mary Lou Troy]

Hi Rob,
Welcome back to the list.

I can't speak to the genoa size directly. We still have our 12 year 
old 175. It's been reconditioned and cleaned twice by Sailcare and 
they replaced the heavier Sunbrella with a lighter weight suncover. A 
couple of years ago we went to a Schaeffer Snap-Furl furler from the 
GB furler. The idea was and still is that we could switch out to a 
smaller sail in the spring and the fall when it is windier here. We 
still haven't gotten a smaller sail though. We also have a Doyle UPS 
which is great in light air.

We do like the fact that we can take the sail off without lowering 
the mast. Makes prepping for possible hurricanes easier and now that 
we store the mast on the boat for the winter, it means that we can 
store the genoa off the boat.

We put a new battened main on the boat last year and have been very 
pleased with it.

Good luck with your decisions. Let us know how they work out.

Best,
Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
recycled 1998
Rock Hall, MD



At 10:03 PM 12/6/2010, you wrote:
>Hello
>My name is Robert Baldi - I have owned my Rhodes for more than 10 years. Jay
>Friedland and I sail off of Long Beach Island N.J. We each have our own
>boats. I used to be on the list using my email address name of Moses2u, and
>I know some of you from my days when I was regularly on the list - years
>ago.
>
>Here is my question: I plan to buy a new set of sails. I currently have what
>I think is a 150 genoa. I am not a timid sailor, but I am looking for
>performance and therefore I am considering buying a smaller Genoa. I do
>a great deal of solo sailing. Most often the wind is more than10-12 knots
>and frequently 14+. I  regularly reef my genoa to some extent- probably more
>than half the time I go out solo.
>
>My first premise ( I am looking for guidance on this) is that a sail is at
>maximum performance full out and not reefed. Therefore I will obtain maximum
>performance most of the time with a smaller Genoa.
>
>I will miss the larger Genoa some of the time, --- but will the better
>performance for most of the time (more than 50%) compensate my feeling of
>disappointment on those days when I could have used a larger sail -  On
>those days (wind from 7 to 10 knots) when I would have sailed the 150 at
>100%.
>
>My furling system is the old General Boats basic design where the sail is
>screwed to the tube. I do not intend to buy a new system and two sets of
>sails - but if there are people who regularly change their sail -I will
>listen to their advice as well. It is my belief that most of us like the
>simplicity of one set of sails and the ease of jumping on our boat and
>heading out for a sail without hanking on the sails.
>
>I have an innermast main - I assume I want the main sail with a Batten.
>
>Please - talk to me - do you like your sail size? What should I buy? -
>Should I try a 130 genoa? By the way - I do not regularly race but like all
>of us -when another boat sails close I don't want to be behind - so speed is
>an issue. - I wonder if the efficiency of a smaller unreefed sail will
>improve speed.
>
>rob
>
>rob
>--
>Robert O. Baldi
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