[Rhodes22-list] R22 Labor Day weekend sailing photos from Lake Manawa

[Mike Riter]

Hey everyone. I don’t mean to hijack Jessie’s awesome boat pics thread, but
Roger and Mike’s comments about sail trim have me intrigued and I’m
wondering if you would share some more of your sail trim wisdom with me.
When I took sailing classes a year or so ago I remember we talked about the
points of sail, but can't recall ever covering sail trim when actually out
on the water.  I assumed the curve in the sails was supposed to be there.

Mike Riter
SV Emma B


On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 4:18 PM Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
wrote:

> I showed the photos to a friend who would like to buy a Rhodes 22. He
> turned
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> to me and said, "Why don't your sails look like those? They're much
> prettier
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> with the curled edge making it look like a real sailboat. Also, you can see
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> completely under the genoa. You don't have to look through the silly little
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> window. I want my boat to have sails like those."
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> Hmmm ... I think that he's right. They are more picturesque than the way
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> that I learned to trim sails.
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> Mike
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> s/v Wind Lass ('91)
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> Nissequogue River, NY
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> I'd rather be sailing :~)
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of
> ROGER
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> PIHLAJA
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> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2020 3:56 PM
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> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
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> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] R22 Labor Day weekend sailing photos from Lake
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> Manawa
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> Hi Jessie,
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> As I look at S/V Dynamic Equilibrium sitting on its trailer and look the
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> other way at my now drained Sanford Lake, I am soooo jealous.
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> A couple of sail trimming tips, for a close reach in what looks like pretty
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> light air, your mainsail has a lot of twist in the top half and the leech
> on
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> your genoa is curled.  Without battens, you may not be able to get the
> twist
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> out of the mainsail.  I would try moving the traveler to leeward and
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> tightening up the mainsheet.  The curl on the genoa's leech can be cured by
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> moving the sheet lead aft.  If your genoa has a leech cord, you may have it
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> too tight.
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> Roger Pihlaja
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> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
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> --
Michael Riter
President, Trail Design Specialists, Inc.
Lead Instructor, Trail Master and mechanized training
mike at traildesign.com
678-410-8021