[Rhodes22-list] Newbie question 1

[Nancy]

We just bought a rhodes this year and have had the same problem.  I find the mainsail to be not very effective on its own and the Genoa gets caught on everything like you said.  I’m considering looking for a smaller headsail.
Jim Cunningham

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> On Sep 26, 2020, at 4:52 PM, Matt Berman <matt at mattmail.net> wrote:
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> Hi, all,
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> I've been sailing for most of my life, but only just got a Rhodes 22 this week. I went for my first sail today, light breeze, and encountered a number of things that are different from other boats I have sailed. Here's the first:
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> Every time I came about, the genoa (170) hung up on everything it could find -- stanchions, lifelines, shrouds. This was not a minor, momentary clip -- it stayed hung up until each time I had to crawl forward and release the genoa by hand, not fun when you're single-handing.
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> I made sure the sheets were all on the outside of everything, and that the sheet on the opposite side was loose and free, and I wasn't standing on it (more about that in another post). I tried jiggling both sides, and sawing both sheets back and forth to try to release it, but no go.
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> Is there some trick or technique you use on a Rhodes to get the genoa to move smoothly from one side to the other during a tack? I didn't even try a jibe.
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> Thanks,
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> --Matt
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