[Rhodes22-list] Thanks!

[Jay Friedland]

Lou-
When the wind kicked up 5-6 kts. in the open areas, we were 
overpowered. On most boats, the rule of thumb is that "when you're 
convinced it's time to reef, it's already too late". Here, we got 
over-powered quickly. With family aboard, always safety first and reef 
down quickly and quietly-no panic that can get transferred to others 
very easily.

For us, compared to the calm sail we had with your wife, I knew we 
could push it a bit with significant heeling and find balance, as 
opposed to burying the rail. If I remember, we talked about worse case 
situations with controlling the boat in increasing winds, short of 
squalls, and with limited centerboard, about 1/2 down. Letting the main 
out abit for each puff ("when in doubt, let it out"), then adjusting 
the traveler as the first trim to spill the wind, and finally, getting 
balance through main and gennie reefing.

The "rounding up" or "tender" aspect, aka. responsiveness of the boat, 
is all very manageable, as Roger, Bill, Rik. and others have conveyed, 
with practice. Actively sailing it as Roger said. Once we headed back 
on a long close reach and set the trim accordingly, we found the sweet 
spot again. We had the option where we could sail either flatter or as 
we did, with some degree of heel (10-15°) for 18-20 kts. with its 
neutral helm. On many other boats, the balance would be very difficult 
to achieve, and here we avoided knockdown as may have occurred with a 
delayed response on another boat.

Jan. 20-23 we'll be there at the Convention Center. Look forward to 
getting together with a few pops.
J

On Nov 22, 2004, at 7:52 PM, Loumoore at aol.com wrote:

> Jay
>
> Thanks for you comments.  Yeah you are right.  She was trying to round 
> up on
> the gusts when we were sailing on a broad reach.  How do you avoid 
> that?  I'm
> not sure, but I remember that tact was initially incredibily smooth 
> then it
> got rough.  The bay seemed to get suddenly choppy too.
>
> Hope all is well--I owe you all a beer--especially Jay--in 
> Philadelphia.
>
>
> Lou Moore
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