[Rhodes22-list] genoa size

[Dennis McNeely]

Mike,

... against all that is holy, eh? <hoists mug of grog> Aye!! I've gone 
all season without touching that knot (excepting when the cow hitch hung 
on the baby stay), and only mucked with it at the end of the year when 
storing the lines prior to shrinkwrapping. No issues to date (knocking 
on wood here), and not having to go forward to free the sail is a 'thing 
of beauty and a joy to behold'. Granted, backing the genoa as the bow 
comes through the wind helps, but that little cow hitch is a sneaky 
little devil and manages to catch on the stay at the worst moment on the 
most ticklish tacks - the ones where land or another boat dictate you 
tack ASAP. It's a simple matter to tack earlier when you have the room, 
but if you're working a relatively narrow river and tacking frequently, 
you tend to push the limits to cut down the number of tacks.

The 70% figure came from some comments I read - the origin is lost in 
the mist between my ears. i needed to have the sail's seams re-sewn, so 
I just asked to have the grommet installed at the same time and never 
tried using the clew as an attachment point for the tricing line. I've 
never had any problem with the tricing line fouling when attached to the 
new grommet - but perhaps a test using the clew is in order in the spring.

BTW, the tricing line can be used as a foreguy for the wiskerpole when 
working downwind, since there's no real worry about the genoa snagging 
then - you're going to go forward to re-arrange the wisker pole and sail 
when you gybe anyway.

Dennis

On 10/16/2011 8:28 AM, Michael D. Weisner wrote:
> Dennis,
>
> I would not advise using a clove hitch instead of the cow hitch since a
> clove can permit the jib sheet to slide towards the loose end. Securing it
> with thread seems to go against all that is holy about being able to quickly
> untie or change knots in all conditions.
>
> On the other hand, using a tack tricing line is very interesting.  I wonder,
> "How was the 70% point determined?" Can a tricing line be affixed to the
> clew, at least to test?  It might also keep it from fouling as tack tricing
> lines sometimes do.
>
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> On 10/15/2011 10:16 AM, Paul Krawitz wrote:
>> On my new 2nd Rhodes, I find that the 175% genoa is too much sail in heavy
>> air and too heavy/floppy in light air. And even with plastic rods covering
>> the shrouds and cylindrical vinyl turnbuckle covers, it gets readily
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