[Rhodes22-list] To Rick Evans (and anybody else who wants to know)

[Rick Evans]

Tom,

Thanks

I completely understand that a one design sailboat
will not compare in any way to a an R22. I was just
giving people some background on my sailing
experience. 

I race other peoples sonars and I day sail in my own
boat up until now the boats I owned have included
(hunter 27, oday tempest 23, Columbia 22).

I think I am the only person that at the age of 34
keeps moving down in size lol.

Thank you for your opinions etc.. I aprreciate them
greatly.

Did you tip the captain on your test sail? LOL 

--- SVTRITON at aol.com wrote:

> hi rick
> i own an r22 and am happy with the boat...having
> sailed a sonar for a  couple 
> of years there are some differences that i note here
> from my  
> experience...first you will not point an r22
> anywhere close to the sonar unless  you furl up 
> the jib to use the inner leads in which case you
> better have a lot  of wind 
> speed or the boat will not have the power you are
> used to on the  
> sonar....second the sail plan on the rhodes is the
> opposite of the sonar..sonar  drives by 
> the main..r22 by the jib..the result is some lee
> helm in light air  which you 
> probably wont experience this weekend..from marylous
> forecast...third  the 
> sonar is a fixed keel (at least the ones ive sailed)
> with a greater  distribution 
> of weight under the water...the r22 relies more on
> human ballast so  it is 
> important in the test sail to have the number of
> people on board that you  will 
> normally sail with...my test sail had six on board
> and i single hand for  the 
> most part so my learning curve was a lot longer than
> i thought it would be  as 
> a result of less weight..i sail in the chesapeake
> bay and use a 150 genny  
> with the imf main and a ups for light air days..the
> boat is overbuilt, heavy and  
> safe..obviously i choose it for what wanted. the
> sonar was built for a 
> different  purpose so make sure what type of sailing
> you want to do
> hope this helps
> tom
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Thanks 
Rick