[Rhodes22-list] Sailing right angles

[Cary Tolbert]

Chris, I too changed to the 130 jib. I found,from the list, to set the
center board at about 3/4 of full down also helps. I have an 86 with the
standard old
centerboard. I moved one battery from the lazerth (? sp.)to the location of
the cabin battery next to the 15 gallon water tank,  forward of the head
under the V berth. I now have 2 batteries, and 15 gallons of water forward
of the mast. This should be about 220 lbs, then I stored 25 ft. of chain
and 300 ft. of rode in an anchor bag forward in the V berth. I estimate
this is another 50 lbs. forward of the mast.
I have a 6 gallon gas tank so I estimate that I need an additional 25 lbs.
forward to compensate for the extra 3 gallons. I gave up on the Windex and
now use tell tails for sails attached to the shrouds as my wind indicators.
This is truly my guesstimate, but it seem that I can sail 35-40 degrees to
the wind. I normally sail solo so less weight may be part of my gain.  If
the wind is above 5 to 7 knots, I just use about 100 sq ft of the 130
available on the jib.
I also make sure the shrouds are firm all a round. An old sailor and former
owner of a sail boat franchise once told me most people TRY to sail with
TOO much sail. I try to keep that in mind. Sailing, like life seems to be a
continuous learning experience.

I also miss "Rummy" and his perspective on current issues of the day.

Cary Tolbert
s/v Whisper '86
Radford, Va


On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 9:35 PM, Christopher Cowie <
ccowie at cowieassociates.com> wrote:

> No .  With the 180 that killed my speed by at lease 2 knots. Will have to
> try it with the 130.
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> Did you thread the jib sheets between the inner and outer stays? Best way
> I've found to shave degrees off of tack angles.
>
> Jerry alone
> S/V Country Rhodes
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>
> ave been frustrated with not being able to sail any better than about
> 110-120 degrees on a close haul.  I made several adjustments recently and
> am
> happy to report being able to tack in the nineties.  First changed from a
> 180 to a 130 head sail, then lost five pounds, added a five gallon jug of
> water ballast forward of the v berth and tightened the aft stays.  I think
> Phillip Rhodes did not  take into account the extra motor and gas can
> weight
> most of us add to the aft end of our boats and I think the added water
> balast helps balance the boat.  I was able to test this at low tide on the
> potomac River having sailed down wind toward the national mall and needing
> to make my way back up wind toward Alexandria va in a very narrow deep
> water
> area to re enter the channel back to my marina at the national sailing
> marina  this past Saturday.  Next trick is to replace my wooden tiller
> with
> that nice new shinny fiberglass one to make the boat go faster.  If that
> doesn't work I will resort to more rum in memory of our great rummy.
>
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