[Rhodes22-list] Sailing Upwind

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

A few times, a self-tending jib rig has been brought up on the list.  It really is simple to set up, regardless of the size of the genoa.  This would facilitate changing from a 175% config to beating upwind.

Art

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>From: Rhodes22Dave <Rhodes22Dave at gmail.com>
>Sent: Oct 24, 2010 11:50 PM
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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Sailing Upwind
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>Interesting. I will try this.  I also thought that re-routing the genoa
>sheets inside the shrouds would just get the sail caught.  I have never
>liked the 175 genoa very much because I can't sail nearly as close to the
>wind as any of hundreds of other sailboats on our lake.  I can do a little
>better by furling in the genoa to a much smaller exposed sail area--but at a
>cost of sail shape with all the furling.  I may get a second R22 and am
>thinking of getting a smaller genoa--or adding the self-tending jib.  But
>what you suggest might be a solution, at least for long tacks.
>Dave
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>Ben Cittadino wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> BenCittadino
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>> S/V Susan Kay ('93 recycled '08)
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