[Rhodes22-list] Motor Sailor?

[Steve]

Michael
You couldn't hang with us southern boys; I'm shock -
Shock I say:-)
Steve


--- Michael Meltzer <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com> wrote:
> I tried the south, 4 months, was such a miss fit,
> quit the job a day before Christmas, got in the car
> with the wife and the dog, no
> clue where to go but thought CT was a place. No
> job/no place to stay and every thing closed.  Just
> need to get out of thier at all
> costs :-)
> 
> MJM
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kroposki" <kroposki at innova.net>
> To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> 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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