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

[Jesse Shumaker]

Roger, thanks for the sail trim tips and the traveler instruction in
particular.  My to do list for this fall includes adding tell tales to the
leech of the main which should help with sail trim.

Jesse Shumaker
S/V Zephyr

On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 2:56 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

> Hi Jessie,
>
> As I look at S/V Dynamic Equilibrium sitting on its trailer and look the
> other way at my now drained Sanford Lake, I am soooo jealous.
>
> A couple of sail trimming tips, for a close reach in what looks like
> pretty light air, your mainsail has a lot of twist in the top half and the
> leech on your genoa is curled.  Without battens, you may not be able to get
> the twist out of the mainsail.  I would try moving the traveler to leeward
> and tightening up the mainsheet.  The curl on the genoa’s leech can be
> cured by moving the sheet lead aft.  If your genoa has a leech cord, you
> may have it too tight.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>
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> Lovely day there.  Thanks for sharing.
> Chris G
> Enosis
>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 5:01 PM Jesse Shumaker <
> jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > After taking photos of many of my friends' boats in action (while sailing
> > my boat), one of my sailing buddies returned the favor and took some
> photos
> > of mine so I thought I would share.  While my local puddle does not
> qualify
> > as prime sailing grounds, it is convenient and we had a great day for
> > sailing.  My friend who was out sailing with me for the first time is now
> > hooked and asked when he can go again next (answer: this Saturday!)  It's
> > always nice to introduce more people to sailing.  One other note - there
> > was a women's sailing seminar at our club recently and part of the
> seminar
> > involved a tour of the cruisers at our club.  Our Rhodes 22 was the crowd
> > favorite!
> >
> > Jesse Shumaker
> > S/V Zephyr
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