[Rhodes22-list] Sailing Upwind

[Stephen Staum]

Dear All,

When Doyle Sails made my new 175 (FYI: they said my original measured  
184 & copied it) they added a "luff pad" at the front of the sail.  
This dramatically improved sail shape when furled. I too agonized over  
keeping the huge genny as my wife does not like to heel & I reef a lot  
once over 10 knots of wind. But on those light wind hot summer days I  
am glad I stayed with it especially given the improved reefing/pointing.

Stephen Staum
87 R22, Carol Lee
Needham, MA

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On Oct 26, 2010, at 9:30 AM, "Chris Cowie"  
<ccowie at cowieassociates.com> wrote:

> I have the 175 on my R22 2009.  I have made several posts about the  
> difficulty of sailing close hauled.  I like the 175 for the power  
> and speed it offers.  Furling the genoa in to a jib and positioning  
> the sheets on the side or top of the cabin allows me to point higher  
> but often at the cost of speed.  I don't think I would want to give  
> up the power and speed of the 175 and can live with a less than  
> perfectly shaped jib.  Stan suggested that Phillip Rhodes original  
> design of our boat was for the stern to not have as much weight as  
> we have added with heavy motors, gas tanks, anchors etc... and for  
> the stern to sit higher in the water.  I currently have both the  
> sink water tank and holding tank filled with water as an experiment  
> to see if putting more weight up forward could improve the pointing  
> ability.  I hope to get out for one more overnight adventure on the  
> Chesapeake and will report back on my water tank experiment.
>
> Christopher P. Cowie
>
>
> 4400 MacArthur Blvd, NW
> Suite 300
> Washington, DC  20007
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>
> [ccowie at cowieassociates.com]
> cowieassociates.com
>
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