[Rhodes22-list] running rigging...standard mainsail not IMF

[John Shulick]

Lee,

 A cunningham is used to adjust sail shape as the wind gets stronger. You
pull down on the cunningham to move the draft forward. This is supposed to
help reduce heeling force. The downhaul is a quick method to reef the main.
By releasing the halyard and pulling on the downhaul you can lower the
mainsail about 18" on my boat effectively reefing the sail. I use a bolt
slid though a hole in the mast to keep the boom in the high position when at
anchor so the pop top can be raised. When sailing I remove the bolt to lower
the boom as needed. Including me there are 4 sailboats in my 250 boat
marina. I have never seen any of them on the water and I am there every
weekend. There are 3 other sailboats from the New York marina. One uses only
the genoa and has a canopy over the cockpit. One uses only the main. And one 
uses both sails. So including myself there are 2 to 4 of us sailing types in
20 miles of lake.

John S
 

Leland wrote:
> 
> John,
> 
> Impressive set-up.  I had assumed you just hauled the mainsail up with the
> halyard and then let gravity bring the sail back down.  Does a cunningham
> pull the luff of the sail tighter than putting tension on both the halyard
> and downhaul, or is it just an easier method to get the same result?
> 
> Impressive group of pontoons too.  Hope you aren't the only sailboat, and
> monohaul, in the marina.
> 
> Lee
> 1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
> Kent Island, MD
> 
> 
> 
> John Shulick wrote:
>> 
>> Chris,
>> 
>>  Here is a pic of my boat rigged for single handling. From the left
>> moving across the boat the lines are the furler take up : the mainsail
>> halyard : the mainsail cunningham : the mainsail downhaul:
>>  http://old.nabble.com/file/p28921089/DSCF0291.jpg  
>> 
>> 
>> cgstetson wrote:
>>> 
>>> could anyone take a few pictures of their running rigging from the mast
>>> so i can see how it is setup. i was wondering how the lines are
>>> configured to raise the sail from the cockpit or if you could raise it
>>> from the cockpit unless you have the IMF.
>>> 
>>> thanks,
>>> chris
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

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