[Rhodes22-list] Vang bail

[Shawn Boles]

Nicely put.  I lake sail in 3-16 knot winds. The combination of mainsheet
tension and Stan's amazing traveler works for me. Your argument for a vane
makes perfect sense in more stringent conditions.

Cheers ,

Shawn
s/v Sweet Baboo

On Fri, Aug 16, 2019, 10:41 AM Jason Quick <jason_q at jasonquick.com> wrote:

> I no longer have my Rhodes but you really want a vang on pretty much any
> boat, the R22 is no exception.
>
> In my case I was able to get a bail at the mast foot through the mast bolt
> (which I replaced with a 1" longer one) by slightly enlarging the holes in
> the bail and I attached on the boom side using the usual through-bolting
> method. From a beam reach to a run being able to control sail twist and
> thus either power up or depower the main adds significantly to the range of
> conditions the boat is sailable in. I got my R22 second hand but would be
> surprised to learn that a vang is not a standard feature.
>
> --Jason
> Former owner of S/V Cato
> (presently sailing a C22)
>
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 1:29 PM Shawn Boles <shawn.sustain at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Ric -
> >
> >  Got any pictures?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Shawn
> > s/v Sweet Baboo
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 16, 2019, 10:11 AM Richard Stott <ric at stottarchitecture.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > The vang   can be a very important sail control for any point of sail
> > > other than close-hauled.
> > > I love using mine for broad reaching and dead down-  wing-n-wing.
> > > Last year someone mentioned webbing straps with grommets at the mast
> > step.
> > > I bought some webbing and grommets for a few bucks.
> > > The boat came with a simple vang that my dad used for a boom preventer.
> > > Like most Rhodes - there was a bail on the boom but nothing to attach a
> > > vang to at the mast.
> > > It works great.
> > > Ric
> > > sv Dadventure
> > > Hampton Bays
> > >
> > > Richard Stott, AIA, LEED AP
> > > www.stottarchitecture.com
> > > Office  631-283-1777
> > > Cell            516-965-3164
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Aug 16, 2019, at 12:26 PM, Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Alex,
> > > >
> > > > I don't know what a vang can add to end-boom sheeting, especially
> with
> > an
> > > > IMF mainsail and its loose foot.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Rick Lange
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 10:57 PM S/V Lark <Colealexander at hotmail.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I bought a Vang this spring on sale.  I wanted to through bolt a
> bail
> > to
> > > >> the
> > > >> boom and get a couple short straps with eyes to hook to the bolt on
> > the
> > > >> mast
> > > >> step, so I could mount a vang when the top was down , or just tuck
> the
> > > >> straps under the mast and leave the Vang in the drawer as desired.
> > I
> > > >> think somebody did something similar in the archives.   I have been
> > > >> hesitant, mostly because I didn’t want to stress the gooseneck and
> > lack
> > > the
> > > >> engineering to know the consequences.    I short tack too much to
> rig
> > a
> > > >> preventer style line with a fuse.  If nothing else the Vang is one
> of
> > > the
> > > >> few original parts on my alternate boat, therefore overdue to break.
> > > I
> > > >> know it wasn’t money wasted.
> > > >>
> > > >> APS decided nautical fashion is more lucrative then sailing.  I just
> > > looked
> > > >> at their 25% off everything sale and began to think again.    Does
> > > anybody
> > > >> have feedback?    What is the diameter of the boom extrusion?
> > > >>
> > > >> Alex
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> -----
> > > >> Alex Cole
> > > >> S/V Lark
> > > >> --
> > > >> Sent from: http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/
> > > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
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