[Rhodes22-list] Newbie questions Suppliers/Anchoring/Sail Balance

[KenBates]

Shawn
I have an 86 with a 180% Genny and it too has Lee Helm at low heel angles.
by the time we are "well heeled" it is switching to Weather helm and i cant
prevent it from rounding up even with the tiller in the pit of my
substantial belly. put one a life jacket, a safety line and one young strong
piece of moving balast and try to tip her over. the result will give you
much more confidence (avoid a big wave day, that can skew the results)
Ken

Shawn Boles-4 wrote:
> 
> Hi All:
> 
> First, let me thank you for your kind welcome to the list!  On May 30th we
> poured a libation to Poseidon and Aeolus to retire any previous names of
> our boat and  know her henceforth as  Sweet Baboo. ( I will forward
> pictures).
> 
>  As I said I have a lot of questions. I looked in  the archive for answers
> but did not find anything about my first 3 questions:
> 
> 1. Do you have a favorite source for marine supplies? I just drove 70
> Miles
> to the closest West marine store and , frankly, I was not impressed. Nice
> folks, but not much stock, expensive, and I pay shipping. Surely, there is
> something better.
> 
> 2.  Anchor rode and storage advice - we sail in a fairly shallow (avg
> depth
> 7' max 30') reservoir and want to anchor out for the night. Stan supplied
> a
> Danforth  (looks like a 4-6 #) on bow pulpit but no chain/rode.
> 
>               - What would you recommend? I am thinking of  3/8" Premium
> Anchor Line, 100', 4,400lb.   with 3-5' of
>                  chain. Does anyone have picture of how you store/deploy/
> retrieve your anchor.
> 
> 3. Lea Helm & Sail Balance. I have only been out a couple of times (rainy
> season has decided to prolong itself [?]) With 100% main and 100% jib
> (just
> ahead of mast) I have a slight lea helm. This gets more pronounced as I
> unfurl more headsail.
> 
>                  - is this normal? I am used to slight weather helm.
> Should
> I care?
>                  - what is best adjustment? traveler? mast rake? other?
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance for any advice.
> 
> Shawn & Melva Boles
> s/v Sweet Baboo ('86)
> 
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