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

[Tom Van Heule]

Of all the fancy boating equipment, tell tales are super bang for your
buck!!!

For the cost I can't thing of anything that helps sailing as much... Lol
happy Friday,

On Fri, Sep 11, 2020, 5:04 PM Jesse Shumaker <jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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> >
> > From: Chris Geankoplis<mailto:chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2020 9:40 PM
> > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] R22 Labor Day weekend sailing photos from
> > Lake Manawa
> >
> > 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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