[Rhodes22-list] on ballanced boat

[fnuttersny at aol.com]

 Dear Phylis My boat is anchored in Beacon and I belong to the Beacon Sloop Club.  It is part of the Clear Water conservation group started by Pete Seger (famous folk singer from the Weavers and champion of the good fight)  He built two 19th century lumber sloops The Clearwater and the Woody Guthry.  Both vessels  give free rides to the public and focus on keeping the river clean .  They have been very successful since inception about 1975.  I removed both furling systems almost right away.  I did not have IMF but my main was on  a roller set up like the headsail. I wanted to be able to raise the mast on my own  so I eliminated all unnecessary  weight. The mast is quite light with only the stays hanging  down and can easily be lifted from the bow towards the stern when pivoted on the step.   I don't know if hanked on sails perform that much beter on a R22 but in theory there is less drag  and weight and I think more control over the sail shape and I believe there in lies the edge.  Both sails have a cord running down the luff that can be adjusted to get the best sail shape.  Is Catskill Creek near Catskill NY? It sure sounds familier or  it may be not to far from me. Where in NJ are you and where do you sail? Sincerly Frank Nutters. From: P&M Beals <beals at rci.rutgers.edu>    
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Sent: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 16:02:13 -0400
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] on ballanced boat


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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> 
> 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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