[Rhodes22-list] Genoa leads and sail position

[michael meltzer]

the problem with the 175, trying to turn it into a 100 for the inside 
cleat is it become a "hanky" with no shape, all but useless, a real 110 
set great on the inside. -mjm



James Wilson wrote:

>sandcity at comcast.net wrote:
> Our 89 rhodes was delivered in March and since that time have had a ball sailing any chance we get. I am somewhat confused however about trimming the Jib/Genoa and proper used of Jib leads and cars by cockpit.
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>Well headsail trimming can be somewhat maddening.
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>In general,  you move the cars forward in order to open the foot of the sil and belly out the sail to increase drive of the sail, and move the cars aft to flatten the sail.  Generally you want to have big puffy sails in light airs and flat sails in heavy airs.
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>Also as a general rule you  you tend to flatten the sail when sailing into the wind and fill out when reaching or running.
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>Also of note, is that if everything seems to be properly trimmed, yet the leach is still fluttering,  look on the sail itself to see if there is a very small  diameter line poking out of the sail with a cleat sewed into the sail.  This is a Leach line somethimes installed on better quality sails.  A fairly small adjustment here can takew out an annoying flutter.  Also if the leac of the sail seems to be hooked to weather,  then releasing that leach line can flatten out the hook.
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>Inner tracks can be used to shorten the lead angle of the jib for better windward performance when trying to point ot windward.
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>When sailing to wind in light airs I have set a full genoa and have tried to run the sheet through both the gunnel leads by the cabin or cars by the cockpit. The leech flutters and I can't seem to trim effectively. Should I shorten the genoa in this case and run sheets through the cabin top leads? In heavier air trimming seems much easier. What is the proper use of Jib leads, cockpit cars, and cabin top leads on most points of sail? With a full genoa is there ever a time that neither leads or cars are used? I find myself constantly rerouting the sheets to try to obtain a full sail and am driving my crew crazy. Hope this makes sens
>e and appreciate any suggestions or input. Thanks
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>Kevin Halligan
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