[Rhodes22-list] 175 and Backstay Tension

[Mary Lou Troy]

There is a difference between mast rake (angle of the straight mast 
to the deck of the boat) and mast bending which is what racers do to 
get more power out of a sail. You can rake the mast a little on a 
Rhodes 22 with IMF without affecting the IMF but you can't bend the mast.

Note that boat also sails better with some weight in the bow. We 
finally went sailing today for the first time this year - after we 
filled our water tank because the boat sails better with it full.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD


At 07:55 PM 6/9/2013, you wrote:
>Rob:
>Rob thanks for the feedback. The reason I was asking about mast rake was
>not for racing purposes but for correction of lee helm. I was curious as to
>whether others have had a similar problem and, if so, how they had
>corrected it.  Lengthening the forestay slightly seems to have done the
>trick for me. The change did not seem to affect unfurling or furling the
>IMF sail.
>
>Cheers,
>Shawn
>S/V Sweet Baboo
>On Jun 9, 2013 3:19 PM, "Robert O Baldi" <rob.o.baldi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Shawn,
> > Those of us with innermast furling, cannot rake our masts to adjust to
> > wind etc. That is a feature for a racing rig. I did that with my lighting
> > years ago, but now I set my shrouds and stays once in the beginning of the
> > season and check to see that nothing gets loose. If you do not have an
> > innermast rig you can rake your mast by tightening the line on the back
> > stays that pulls the two stays together. I sincerely doubt that any two of
> > us can rely on another boats pin setting.  You will need to sight and feel
> > your own boat for each weather condition and sail setting.
> >
> > rob
> >
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