[Rhodes22-list] Boom Vang for the R22

[The Rhodes 22 Email List]

Ted,

Especially if you're wing on wing.

Rick

On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 3:36 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> Unless you're wing on wing.
>
> Cheers,
> Ted
>
> S/V AIRPOWER
> 1991/2013 R22
> Jacksonville, FL
>
>
>
> > On Jun 5, 2015, at 3:18 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> >
> > You want a cupped, not a flat mainsail running downwind.  The mainsheet,
> > wrapped around a midboom cleat, then tied off to the inner jib sheet
> track
> > ring or the cabin top grab rail, will hold the boom down enough.  The
> jenny
> > is your power sail downwind and your mainsail mainly directs wind into
> the
> > jenny.
> >
> > Rick
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 1:52 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
> > rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> >
> >> A Boom Vang would help immensely.
> >> Downwind, the boom has little control without rigging a preventer or
> vang.
> >> To keep the boom roughly horizontal, it must be held down (or pushed
> down)
> >> in the case of this new idea.
> >> It looks expensive and I didn’t see any pricing, but this could work
> for a
> >> pop-top up scenario, especially if a Cunningham were rigged as well.
> >> On the other hand, if performance is your goal, the pop-top should be
> down
> >> anyway.
> >> The IFM system may not be compatible wit hit, I have a standard rig.
> >> Ric
> >> Dadventure.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jun 4, 2015, at 12:00 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
> >> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> With the end-boom sheeting of the R22, I don't think there is much a
> vang
> >>> can improve upon.
> >>>
> >>> Rick
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 5:46 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
> >>> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> There has been quite a lot of discussion in the pass bemoaning the
> lack
> >> of
> >>>> a
> >>>> vang on the Rhodes 22. You either have a vang and no pop-top or you
> have
> >>>> the
> >>>> pop-top...
> >>>>
> >>>> Check out this GNAV system. Here's a solution that I would be
> >> interested in
> >>>> hearing some comments from you old salts
> >>>>
> >>>> file:///C:/Users/beytagh/Downloads/excerpts-595-950-E-52.pdf
> >>>>
> >>>> Richard
> >>>> S.V Waif
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -----
> >>>> Richard Beytagh
> >>>> R22 1984
> >>>> s/v Waif
> >>>> --
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> >>
> >> Richard F. Stott, AIA, LEED AP
> >> ric at stottarchitecture.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
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