Ron,
I totally agree with Lee. The benefits of the 175 over anything else  
outweigh the times when it's to heavy in really light to no air. The 175 in  
combination with the IMF give you many ways to adjust for conditions. The  standard 
furler from GBI is very simple and does what it needs to do. I'm not a  huge fan 
of CDI, even though I can the advantages if you want to swap out  sails.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 12/4/2008 9:43:02 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
LKUHN at cnmc.org writes:


Ron,

First of all my condolences for the loss of your  Genny.  Without a trailer
to pull the boat and lower the mask, I would  have lived without a Genoa too,
but I certainly wouldn't have liked  it.

Bottom line up front, I would get another 175.

The 175  doesn't perform well in light air and loses a lot of its shape when
furled,  but I don't know if a 155 would be a big enough improvement to give
up the  advantages of the 175.  Depending on the point-of-sail, a whisker
pole  and running the sheets inside the shrouds have helped me a little with
both  problems.  I'll admit that I furl to 155 or less most of the time,  but
I don't want to give up the few times I can use the full Genoa.   Between a 3
and 5 knot wind I may not be going faster with the 175 than the  155 when on
a reach, but the euphoria is better.  On a run with a  little wind and a
whisker pole, the 175 looks like I'm flying a  spinnaker.  Everytime I can
use the 175 it makes me realize that it's  worth putting up with its
negatives.

I would love to have a  UPS.  Since I'm a daysailor (light wind = motor home)
and lazy, I  probably wouldn't spend the effort to use it most of the time,
but I'm  still thinking about getting one.

Good luck!

Lee
1986  Rhodes22  At Ease
Kent Island, MD




Tootle  wrote:

> 
> Ron said, "I have been addicted to audio books for  many years.  For IPOD
> readable files you want to use audible.com.  It has the largest selection. 
> However the files are encoded so that  you can't simply download and
> forward them. For the folks in Ukrane  you might want to try Librivox.com.
> That is a source of public domain  literature read by volunteers.  Some of
> the readers are very  good, for others you get what you pay for."
> 
> Thank you for the  suggestion.  I will now have to learn about IPOD's, ugh. 
 
>  
> Unfortunately, most current literature is soft on reality.  I  will have to
> go back and find all Brad's suggested readings over the  last few years.
> 
> Most books that I read are either sailing or  'old'.  For example, I found
> a very old copy of 'Witness' by  Whittaker Chambers.  It is very insightful
> into Marxism or  Progressivism as it is known lately.  The copy I came up
> with was  published in 1952.
> 
> So have you convinced the Messiah to build  an accelerator in Chicago?  We
> are waiting...
> 
> Ed  K
> Addendum:
> "We all declare for liberty, but in using the same  word we do not all mean
> the same thing. With some the word liberty may  mean for each man to do as
> he pleases with himself, and the product of  his labor; while with others
> the same word may mean for some men to do  as they please with other men,
> and the product of other men's labor.  Here are two not only different, but
> incompatible things, called by  the same name…"
> A. Lincoln
> 

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