[Rhodes22-list] Newbie question 1

[Matt Berman]

Thanks. I tried it yesterday, after adding pvc pipe over the shrouds, with backfilling the genoa until after going through the wind, and it seemed to work pretty well. I also only had the genoa unfurled to about 130 or so. Weather said the wind was 6 knots, but it seemed a bit lighter than that.

Thanks,

--Matt



> On Sep 28, 2020, at 11:22 AM, Joe Dempsey <joedempsey at hughes.net> wrote:
> 
> Matt,
> I, too, am an experienced sailor and found many idiosyncrasies with the
> Rhodes. "Respite" has the 175 jenny and i had difficulty tacking in light
> air. I added longer PVC shroud rollers (it came with 12"-18" rollers) I had
> mahogany rollers on a previous boat so being a traditionalist, I stained the
> PVC. See photo attached.  One thing, especially in light air, try to wait
> for a lift to build up your speed and get the helm over hard and fast, if
> not you're going to be in irons before the jenny gets over.  Hope this
> helps.
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