[Rhodes22-list] She floats!

[Mark Whipple]

Peter,

I have to admit that is also my expectation. I'm pretty sure the boat came
with a 135% genoa as well so making the switch would not involve buying a
new sail. All the deck hardware for the genny is still on the boat (with
three sailboats there's a lot of sails up in my attic!). That said, since I
typically sail with people who are not experienced sailors, it might be
nice not to have to shift the jib sheets. We shall see.

Mark

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 9:43 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
> >
>
>