[Rhodes22-list] Roller Reefing on Rhodes Continental? Luis?JayBulfer?

[TN Rhodey]

Guys from what has been posted in the past... older R22 did have the "boom 
roller reefing" Ed mentions. Now I don't know if it was standard but Roger 
and others mentioned they had converted to lazy jacks or some other system.

Wally


>From: Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net>
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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Roller Reefing on Rhodes Continental? 
>Luis?JayBulfer?
>Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:10:12 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>Luis and Jay:
>
>One reason why Rhodes 22s are different is that a certain nautical engineer
>was always tinkering with the boats as they were being built.  Could it be
>that in 1975 that elusive nautical innovator was experimenting on what was
>to become your boat with the known technology of boom roller reefing?  Boom
>roller reefing does allow battens and weight of sails is maintained lower.
>Humm? Tinker, tinker at 4 AM?
>
>Ed K
>Greenville, SC, USA
>Addendum for Jay if he is still here:
>
>“Reefing means reducing the area of a sail without actually changing it 
>for
>a smaller sail. Ideally reefing does not only result in a reduced sail area
>but also in a lower center of effort from the sails, reducing the heeling
>moment and keeping the boat more upright.”
>
>“In-boom roller-reefing” is accomplished  “with a horizontal foil 
>inside the
>boom. This method allows for standard- or full-length horizontal 
>battens.”
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing
>
>But an earier version of boom reefing had the whole boom turn and wrap the
>sail on the outside of the boom. There were wooden booms that could do 
>that.
>I would also point out that there are/were rotating mast to achieve 
>reefing.
>
>
>
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