[Rhodes22-list] 175% roller furling genoa
Stephen Staum
snstaum at gmail.com
Thu Jun 13 11:59:16 EDT 2013
Blue cheese it is. SS
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 13, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Geoff Farrell <geoffreylfarrell at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd like to get in on the drinking also. FYI, I like stuffed blue cheese
> olives with my very dry martinis.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Charles Nieman <blue66corvette at hotmail.com
>> wrote:
>
>> Since I was first on agreeing on the validity of the GB fuller and the
>> 175; can I get included on this sailing party and especially the drinking
>> part?????
>>
>> Charles Nieman
>> s/v Day Dream
>> 98 R 22
>>
>>> From: snstaum at gmail.com
>>> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:38:47 -0400
>>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] 175% roller furling genoa
>>>
>>> That's great news. As a former liberal I will commit to stocking the
>> Carol Lee 2 w the Rum of your choice when you come to sail in Boston.
>>>
>>> Stephen Staum
>>> s/v Carol Lee 2
>>> Needham, MA
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jun 13, 2013, at 9:54 AM, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, we can still agree on the furler. I have been known to have a
>> vodka
>>>> and tonic with lime on occasion and martini's are also on my list of
>> approved
>>>> drinks. I don't do Scotch at all.
>>>>
>>>> Rummy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 6/13/2013 9:06:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>>> snstaum at gmail.com writes:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> 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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