[Rhodes22-list] Sailing Upwind

[Rick]

Art,

I don't get it.  What is" changing from a 175% config to beating upwind?"

Rick

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Arthur H. Czerwonky <
czerwonky at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Rhodes22Dave <Rhodes22Dave at gmail.com>
> >Sent: Oct 24, 2010 11:50 PM
> >To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Sailing Upwind
> >
> >
> >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
> >
> >Ben Cittadino wrote:
> >>
> >> 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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