[Rhodes22-list] on ballanced boat

[P&M Beals]

Hello.  I was just going through email and saw this note...
sounds great.

May I ask do you have a traditional mainsail or the IMF?

I bought a 1986 last summer with IMF, and I just feel that this boat will
sail even better with a traditional mainsail...

I hope you  can give me a reply.

Phyllis Beals
Whisper
Keyport, NJ

By the way, where on the Hudson do you sail?
Haverstraw Bay?

I used to sail out of  Catskill Creek, Catskill on my father's gaff rigged
wooden sloop...this smaller fiberglass boat is a new experience for me, but
I am trying to hang in there with it.

Thanks again.

> From: fnuttersny at aol.com
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> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 23:38:28 -0400
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> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] on ballanced boat
> 
> 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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