[Rhodes22-list] Motor Sailor?

[Michael Meltzer]

you should see a Nauticat 37, that a nice boat :-)

MJM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kroposki" <kroposki at innova.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:20 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Motor Sailor?


> Richard,
> How can you think that a motor sail boat will be less strenuous
> than sailing a Rhodes.  You will be bending and stooping more to fool
> with the motor than you want to know.  Maybe you need to retire to the
> shores of Lake Hartwell like these other New Yorkers who just took
> delivery of their Rhodes 22 that Rummy has been talking about.  Ask
> Rummy how it is sailing on this big pond.  Just don't tell Michael or
> Bill that you are coming this way.
>                            Ed K
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Christine
> Allison
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 9:28 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Headsail furlers.
> 
> < the harken is better but you pay up for it,>
> 
> Having had a Harken on my last boat and now a CDI I must say I prefer
> the
> CDI.
> 
> With the Harken the foil on the forestay serves only as the spool for
> the
> sail.  All the tension on the sails wire luff and also the forestay's
> tension are exerted through the furling drum and the swivel at the top
> of
> the mast.  I for one had nightmares of these parts failing.  With the
> CDI
> the forestay only serves to keep the foil straight all the loads are
> carried
> by the foil itself.  In my estimation a much safer arrangement.
> 
> I suspect that for a given sail area the CDI is easier to operate.
> 
> The down side of the CDI is the difficulty in changing head sails while
> underway and the fact that the halyard requires an extending line when
> hoisting the sail.
> 
> Richard Smith
> 
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