[Rhodes22-list] UPS sail

[Mark Kaynor]

Tom,

Thanks for the info. I hadn't thought too much about raising / lowering the
sail yet, and I'll be sure to keep the potential for catching on the shrouds
in mind. I'm really looking forward to playing around with it.

Mark

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Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] UPS sail


> hi mark
> the first email to marylou on our ups site has the windspeed numbers i was
> told would be the maxs for the boat..note at this time no they had never
made
> one for an R 22....10 kts on a close reach is reasonable and ive done
> it...but i am more comfortable with my 150 above that..ive done 14 on a
> beam/broad reach and had the strange sensation of feeling like the boat
was
> being lifted out of the water..i had the board fully down and was doing
7.2
> on the gps..dont know what the current was..
> since im new to the boat i havent pushed too hard and am really anxious to
> hear feedback from more experienced rhodies....one unrelated point.. if
you
> are underway and want to drop the sail after furling..put the wind in your
> face and the sail will fall on the deck...the opposite is true if you are
> raising the sail underway...put the wind at your back to raise it, then
come
> into the wind to unfurl it...i found last season that if i raised it with
the
> wind in my face it would sometimes get caught where the lower shrouds meet
> the mast..in fact i got a small tear in the sail once because of
that..easy
> to fix but still unnecessary
> best
> tom
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