Slim,
I have never used a preventer, but I can see where it would come in handy.
Captain Keller uses one from time to time, but remember, I like to keep things
simple. I use the genoa sheets to control the sail.
Rummy
In a message dated 9/23/2008 2:11:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
stevenalm at gmail.com writes:
Rummy,
Do you use any halyard or downhaul lines on your whisker pole?
Slim
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 2:48 PM, ben
<benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com>wrote:
> There's a good point there: if you're going to regularly be sailing
> directly into your prevailing winds, and especially if you don't regularly
> try to move as fast as you can in a 5kt or less wind, you might consider
> buying a smaller jib than our giant genoas. That way, you can sheet more
> inside while maintaining ideal sail shape.
>> Ben
> VE
>> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of David Culp
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 12:55 PM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Pointing Problem
>> Paul:
>> I have the same issues you do on my narrow lake. However, I have solved a
> lot of it by sheeting inside the upper shrouds. Last year, I did some
> calculations on jib area and I found that if I tighten the jibup and extend
> it fully to the eye and cleat that I have close to 150% jib area, which is
> a
> nice foresail. Some Rhodies only have hank on jibs that are 160 %.
>> Yesterday with about 7 - 8 knots of wind max, I needed to point as close as
> possible to get home. I built a bunch of belly into the loose-footed IMF
> main with the topping lift, tightened up the leech lines on both sails, put
> the traveler to windward, CB down and even in slack winds made good speed
> while pointing about 45 degrees maybe a bit closer. Big improvement over
> what I use to do which was carry the jib sheets outside the uppers and then
> just unfurl the most jib I could get away with depending on the wind
> strength and then just accepting whatever terrible sail shape I got. I do
> a
> lot fewer tacks now getting home and it saves a lot of time. Of course
> there is no free lunch. You have to be very careful when tacking with all
> that jib rolled out and the sheets between the shrouds. It still gets me
> occasionally that I don't get the jib tighten down quickly enough before
> the
> wind fills it and it gets pinched on the upper shroud. Then you have to
> come up on the wind to un-hang it killing your forward speed. But with
> some
> practice, I have learned to do it right most of the time and it is quite
> safisfying and efficient when you time everything just right. Of course,
> as
> the wind strengthens, then I start reducing the jib area and getting it
> pinched is not as a much a problem.
>> Sincerely,
> David Culp
>>>>> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:11:59 -0400
> From: "Alan Robertson" <bigal_61 at msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Pointing Problem
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
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>> I realize that you sail a lot single handed; we don't. The only time we
can
> point up closer is to run the jib sheets inside of the outmost shrouds, sit
> any "friendly" guests over 150 lbs. on the windward side with life
> preservers buckled and get THOR IV over on a nice 12-15 degree heel.
> Anything more or any weight on the leeward side means a mop-up job if the
> non-sailors have just had lunch!
>Bigal_61 at msn.com>> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul Krawitz<mailto:krawitzmail-rhodes22 at yahoo.com>
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:13 AM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Pointing Problem
>>> I love the way my Rhodes 22 handles in all points of sail except when it
> is
> close hauled.
> In my narrow harbor, being able to point close to the wind is the
> difference
> between returning home in 30 minutes versus 3 hours.
>> Now I'm not asking to be able to be 30 degrees off the wind like those two
> guys racing around in a catamaran with no seating and two angled standing
> platforms, and like members of the Joffrey Ballet, gracefully leaping from
> one side to the other, making smooth and instantaneous tacks and traveling
> at 15 knots (no exaggeration).
> (P.S. What is that thing?)
>> But it would be nice to make 90 degree rather than 110 or 120 degree
> tacks.
>> Stan put in two internal lead systems on the new Rhodes, in which the jib
> sheets travel either inside one or two of the shrouds. But the sail area
> is
> so much smaller with the new system that making headway is difficult.
>> Furling the genoa jib 50% with the sheets on their normal path outside
the
> shrouds seems to be the best compromise, but I'm still 50-60 degrees off
> the
> wind.
>> I tried tightening the backstays to stiffen up the jib luff. The jib
looks
> cleaner, but I'm still too far off the wind.
>> And yes, the centerboard is down.
>> What works for you?
>> Paul K
> "Clarity"
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