vang (was Re: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Le Menagerie:SPI Texas-Aftershakedown)

[Jim Connolly]

Maybe this is a stupid idea, but...

What about a solid vang above the boom, attached from the mast a few feet
above the gooseneck extending aft and down to the boom?

Advantage - wouldn't interfere with the pop top.  Could be adjustable if it
were flexible and/or sprung and had a tackle.  
Disadvantages - expensive, complex, adds weight higher, interfered with
airflow low on the sail.

I'm thinking something like a boomkicker installed upside-down.

What say you all?  Disadvantages outweigh advantages?

Jim Connolly
s/v Inisheer
'85


-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Mary Lou Troy
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 2:29 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: vang (was Re: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Le Menagerie:SPI
Texas-Aftershakedown)

Bob,
I'd like to see pictures. Did the mast fitting come with your boat? Any idea
where to find one?

Mary Lou

> 
> From: "Bob Weber" <ruba1811 at hotmail.com>
> Date: 2004/06/22 Tue PM 12:43:33 EDT
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Le Menagerie:SPI Texas-After shakedown
> 
> Jim, I have a vang and recommend one to anyone who wants to have good 
> sail shape.  The arrangement is simple.  First there is a pad eye on 
> the underside of the boom.  The mast fitting slides down the groove in 
> the mast with a stopper slid in on top of it.  Both of these fittings 
> are on top of the poptop slider.  Therefore the poptop must be down to 
> use the vang.  You attach a 4:1 purchase to the pad eye on the boom 
> and the sliding shackle on the mast and tighten down the stopper to 
> keep it from sliding up toward the gooseneck.  I have never seen the 
> "shackle" which slides into the mast groove before this boat so my 
> discription might not sound clear.  I will provide pictures if you 
> need.  Bob Weber
> 
> 
> >From: Steve <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Le Menagerie:SPI Texas-After shakedown
> >Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:21:27 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >Jim
> >If I remember right, Mary Lou has a vang.  I think see posted some 
> >pics a while back.
> >Steve
> >
> >
> >--- Jim White <jdwhite at panam.edu> wrote:
> > > Hi ya'll
> > > Haven't had a chance to post since putting Le Menagerie in the 
> > > water. We had to replace some of the standing rigging, and make 
> > > some small changes, but finally got through the shakedown about 
> > > two weeks ago. WHAT A BOAT! The
> > > R-22 is about the friendliest boat I've ever handled!!! Even with 
> > > our old blown out sails, it still points decently high, and 
> > > downwind with the big genny is tons of fun.
> > >
> > > Fathers day, I took it out into the open Gulf
> > > (Winds: 12 g 20 / seas-2,3')
> > > and had a blast. It was a maze of shallow water, and other boats 
> > > (both sail and power, some large), to get out of the bay, not to 
> > > mention beating the whole way, but she never missed a tack. The 
> > > Gulf was blue and fresh, and we trolled for kingfish for awhile, 
> > > before heading in on the run, wing-on-wing, and then a long reach 
> > > to Port Isabel.
> > > Motored into our harbor
> > > (the entrance is a nightmare at low tide, it's only about 75' 
> > > wide, and so shallow that even we have to stay to the far port 
> > > side to enter....channel is silted in). BTW the 9.9, 4-stroke 
> > > Honda is sweet, more than enough for the boat....
> > >
> > > We're locked into the summer pattern here, light winds and small 
> > > seas (barring a hurricane "event").  Hoping to sail up to Corpus 
> > > Christi in July (about 120 miles up the coast). Right now I'm 
> > > thinking of adding a vang? Is there something in the archives 
> > > about that, or has anyone else added one (I'm sure you probably 
> > > have!)...hope I'm not listing redundantly!
> > >
> > > Thanks for all of your help and guidance with this great boat....
> > >
> > > Jim White
> > >
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