[Rhodes22-list] on ballanced boat

[Wally Buck]

The CB sounds like a nice improvement. What does it weigh?

With OB in Laz do you leave prop in water when sailing?

Wally

>From: fnuttersny at aol.com
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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] on ballanced boat
>Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 23:38:28 -0400
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>My 73 R22 is bare bones compared to most others on the list.  Two batteries 
>located under the companion way and a 9.5 evinrud in the lazzarete  engine 
>well pretty much makes up my boat.  I basically set her up as a very 
>comfortable day sailer. In this configuration the boat is slightly stern  
>heavy.  I recently replaced the centerboard with a custom composit airfoil 
>shaped board with no leading and trailing(the board has the same width over 
>its length) edge taper and 25# of bronze makingup the tip of the board -the 
>board dropes quickly-. I have a new rolly-tasker main and a new 150% head 
>sail both hanked on..  I have to say that the boat performs fantastic.  In 
>15 to 20 mph wind and full sails there is almost no pressure on the tiller. 
>  The boat seams to dig her nose slightly down and the stern comes up.  I 
>can set the rudder with the tiller tamer and have held my coarse for up to 
>45 min.  As the wind picks up I usually stand on the rail up by the mast 
>and hang on to  the sta
>  ys and just look down as the boat sails herself falling of slightly then 
>rounding up a little back an forth never more than a vew degrees either 
>way.  This is the first time I have sailed the boat with realy good sails 
>and centerboard  etc. and the difference is everything I hoped it would be. 
>  I believe this is a perfect boat for inland waters in my case the Hudson 
>river.  I had four adults on board recently in a steady 25 mph wind. We sat 
>four in a row and the boat sailed at maybe 5deg.  We flew across the river 
>against a flood tide still very little pressure on the rudder and very very 
>close to the wind.  My passengers thought I was brilliant the way I made 
>the boat go exactly were I wanted it to go and in quick time .  Thanks to a 
>great design and a vew up grades.
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