[Rhodes22-list] Code Zero

[ROGER PIHLAJA]

Hi Austin,

I have a triradial spinnaker and a cruising spinnaker.  The cruising spinnaker came with the boat when I bought S/V Dynamic Equilibrium back in 1987.  It looks very similar to Mary Lou’s; but, I don’t have any details on the shape or construction, other than it’s nylon.  I fly it from my spinnaker halyard.  There is a tack downhaul, that I have rigged back to the cockpit.  Finally, there is a wrap that goes around the furled genoa and attaches to the tack.  This helps keep the tack of the sail near the forestay and enables the tack downhaul to put tension on the luff.  In this configuration it’s a light air sail; but, almost as close winded as my 150% genoa.  Downwind, I loosen the tack downhaul and slide the wrap up the forestay to belly the sail out.  Then, I use my whisker pole to take the weight of the sail and the sheets off the clew.  My whisker pole has a topping lift to support this weight.  Because it’s a light air sail, I use 1/4” OD StaSet X sheets to keep the weight down.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium 

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> On Nov 20, 2021, at 12:09 PM, Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Rob,
> 
> It has its own halyard with the block mounted on the forward round near the
> top of the IMF mast.  A u-bolt on the deck is used to mount a furler with
> the sheets running back to the aft cleats.  It is not physically taxing to
> deploy, just a lot of fuss.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rick Lange
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 10:53 AM Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Rick,
>> How do you hoist the UPS? A spare halyard?  - Rob
>> ________________________________
>> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> on behalf of
>> Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2021 10:48 AM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Code Zero
>> 
>> Hi Austin,
>> 
>> I have an asymmetric spinnaker called a UPS by, I think, Doyle.  I also
>> have a 175% genny.
>> 
>> I only rarely use the UPS on a long down wind run wing-on-wing with the
>> genny.  Otherwise, the genny is all I need.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Rick Lange
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 10:37 AM Austin Boyd <ajboyd03 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Am thinking of getting a code 0 for light air days. Am curious if any
>> other
>>> Rhodes owners are using one and how it is working out.
>>> 
>>> Austin Boyd
>>> Ridgefield, CT
>>> S/V Acadia
>>> 
>>