[Rhodes22-list] 175% roller furling genoa

[Stephen Staum]

Rummy,

I feel it is only fair to warn you that I drink Scotch & Vodka (mostly very dry martini's - shaken not stirred). 

Do we still agree on the furler?


Stephen Staum
s/v Carol Lee 2
Needham,  MA
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On Jun 13, 2013, at 7:25 AM, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:

> I'm with Stephen and Joe on this subject. My hull is an 88 model with the  
> original furler and the original 175 Genoa. I never have problems with it. I 
> don't need to change sails, so it works for me. I still have all of the 
> original  standing rigging.
> 
> Rummy
> 
> 
> In a message dated 6/12/2013 11:19:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> snstaum at gmail.com writes:
> 
> I love  the original General Boats furling system.  It is elegantly simple. 
> I  did lose one forestay due to lack of adequate tension (my fault).  But 
> in  
> 9 years the genoa has always opened and furled every time.  My buddy  has a 
> newer system (CDI?) on his Catalina 25 and it is always an adventure  - 
> sometimes the jib won't open and sometimes it won't furl.
> 
> I am  from the kiss school. Keep it simple - sail more - fix less.  I do 
> all  
> my own work but I would rather be sailing.
> 
> Just one man's  opinion.
> 
> Stephen Staum
> s/v Carol Lee 2
> Needham,  MA
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: thewill311
> Sent: Wednesday,  June 12, 2013 5:56 PM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject:  [Rhodes22-list] 175% roller furling genoa
> 
> So I talked to the owner of  the rigging company that's going to replace
> head/forestay and he was  telling me that the reason my rigging broke is
> because 175% genoa was to  much for my rigging to handle and that the roller
> furling was a Stone Age  technology and I should chuck it over board. He is
> the third rigger that  has told me this since I have been calling about
> fixing my boat. I'm pretty  new to sailing so I'm not sure what to tell 
> these
> guys when they put down  the original set up on my boat. Every part on my
> boats rigging mast and  sails are original to the 1987 Rhodes 22. Should I 
> go
> with different set up  for the genoa?
> 
> 
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