[Rhodes22-list] Purchasing new genny????

Wally Buck tnrhodey at hotmail.com
Fri Mar 12 11:21:07 EST 2004


Thanks Steve -


>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] Purchasing new genny????
>Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:52:04 -0800 (PST)
>
>Wally
>One other thing I forgot to mention about the 155%;
>that the biggest you can go and not have to take a
>handicapp loss.  The funny thing about PHRF, you don't
>get an increase in handicapp for having anything
>smaller that 155% either.
>
>The window will get hard durning the winter.  It will
>get wrinkle in it from furling.  Not small folded type
>wrinkle, there round type from the furling.  But in
>the summer time they will smooth back out.  The
>furling is not a real problem but the window will wear
>out before the sail will.  Any loft should be able to
>put a new one in.  On the brittle thing, anything that
>would polk a hole thur the window; would also polk a
>hole thru the sail.  Winter time you probably would
>want to be more carefull; like you said about your
>jeep - cold make the plastic hard.
>
>It your cloth material is like mylar; you will be able
>to see thur that.  But if Dacron, that window come in
>handy when you are on Port tack aproching a starrboard
>tacker.  Remember the 45 degree rule, 2 boat
>approching each other on 45 degree opposite tacks -
>probably gonna hit.
>Steve
>
>
>--- Wally Buck <tnrhodey at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Steve,
> >
> > Do the windows get fragile furling in the winter? I
> > have had a bunch of old
> > jeeps and the plastic windows got brittle when cold.
> > I was wondering if you
> > furled the sail up in the winter would this cause
> > problems.
> >
> >
> > >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] Purchasing new
> > genny????
> > >Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 05:51:45 -0800 (PST)
> > >
> > >Wally
> > >Since you race, I would go with the 155%.  Window
> > are
> > >optionial, but nice.
> > >Steve
> > >
> > >--- Wally Buck <tnrhodey at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > My 125 is perfect when blowing over 12 but once
> > the
> > > > dog days of summer come
> > > > along a bigger sail would be welcome. I am
> > leaning
> > > > towards a 150 with pad
> > > > for my Harken furler.
> > > >
> > > > Any recomendations on sail source? GB?
> > > >
> > > > My 125 has no window, do most 150s have/need a
> > > > window? Does this effect
> > > > furling at all?
> > > >
> > > > Wally
> > > >
> > > >
> >
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