[Rhodes22-list] comfortable with wind

[Shawn Boles]

Hi:

Thanks for the info!

Was your Genoa sheet in the outer track? Did you use the traveler?

The boat is indeed adjustable to  all reasonable conditions.  I used avoid
15+, days, but have found that with proper sail balance you can chug along
like a sedate old lady. Of course if you want to sail harder that can be
done as well...

Cheers,
Shawn
s/v Sweet Baboo




On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Robert O Baldi <rob.o.baldi at gmail.com>wrote:

> There has been discussion on the list about sailing on windy days. Jay
> Friedland and I just came in after sailing in sustained wind of 23 to 28
> mph wind. I know it was at least 28 because that was the highest speed my
> handheld registered for the brief time I could try to check the wind. I
> assume it was higher at some point, but when I held it up, the meter moved
> between those numbers for maybe 20 to 30 seconds.
> We had the boom at the low level. The Main reefed so that the 2's on the R
> 22 were split with only one showing and about  1/3 of a 135 jib.  With the
> weight of two people the boat handled fine. It was not a sail for the timid
> or a novice. You have to be able to deal with all sorts of forces and
> potentials for problems, so I repeat, this was not a sail for a beginner,
> but it was a lot of fun and quite manageable. We kept remarking on how well
> the boat is made. Because you can set the sails at any size you can balance
> the boat in extreme conditions. At one point Jay let go of the tiller to
> grab his hat and the boat just sailed on straight  with no hard rounding up
> or any jerky motion.
> Let's all tip our hats to Stan!
>
> rob
> Robert Baldi
>
> Sent from my iPad
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