[Rhodes22-list] She floats!

[Shawn Boles]

Tom - you say:

'Then again I sail in ⁸ to ²⁵ winds so far... But she is so much more stable
heeled over.'


I thought a Rhodes sailed best flat. Say more, please.

Cheers,
Shawn
s/v Sweet Baboo
On Fri, Aug 28, 2020, 6:47 PM Tom Van Heule <
tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:

> I agree with Peter, my clew is often pulled back to the aft cabin bulkhead,
> also gets hung up on the upper eyelet of the life rail....  I can't see it,
> on paper, working with the 175%?
>
> Then again I sail in ⁸ to ²⁵ winds so far... But she is so much more stable
> heeled over.
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020, 8:43 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:
>
> > Mark,
> >
> > I’m far from an expert on such things, but my guess is that a jib  small
> > enough to be self tending is too small to be a good general purpose
> > headsail for the boat.
> >
> > Let us know what you think after you’ve had a chance to sail her some.
> >
> > —Peter
> >
> > > On Aug 28, 2020, at 8:18 PM, Mark Whipple <mark at whipplefamily.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Rob,
> > >
> > > Thanks. I'm not sure I'm going to keep all the bells and whistles, but
> > > we'll see. At a minimum the saildrive will stay until I can't fix it
> > > anymore. I may remove the self-tending jib and the wheel this winter
> > since
> > > they need painting. Whether they get reinstalled remains to be seen.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mark
> > >
> >
> >
>