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

[Bill Effros]

Joe,

As noted above, the wonder of Stan's IMF is that it works so well 
mechanically.  This is what differentiates Stan's boats from others you 
may read about.  He will keep tinkering until he gets it right.  And if 
he can't get it right, he won't keep making it.

The R-22 has features that work so well you think everyone must have 
those features on their boats by now.  But they don't.  I hate to go on 
other people's boats, and everyone loves to go on mine--because the R-22 
is elegantly engineered, simple to use, and fun to sail.

When Stan started putting roller furling on his boats everyone 
pooh-poohed that idea too.  "It's not real sailing...blah, blah, blah."  
We know how that one has turned out.

There are now several boats in my harbor with IMF.  It used to be that 
only the R-22s had it.  I can take one look at their masts from my 
dinghy and know what's wrong with their masts--because Stan solved that 
problem 10 years ago.  Then you will read that IMFs don't work, until 
everyone figures out why Stan's IMF does work.

Bill Effros

Joseph Hadzima wrote:
> hi guys, 
>
> just a little "Oh Yea by The Way ..."
>
> I know the Renyolds 33 (a catamaran) uses the roller boom
> style of furling the main, the advantage they like to state
> is it allows for full battans in the main, and a very quick
> way to reef with unlimited reef points.  AND has the
> advantage of having an adjustable mast which you can twist
> to help point into the wind.  the Corsair trimarans have a
> simular adjustment for the mast.
>
> Another method (homebuilt) I have seen aon several smaller
> older boats where the owners took a roller furling
> (normally used for the head sail) and mounted it on the
> boom parallel to the mast. so the main doesn't roll into
> the mast, but along side. works with a loose footed main. 
> interesting set up, though not as sexy as Stan's IMF
> system.
>
> happy Saturday!
>
>
> --- Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> 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:
>>
>> âEURoeReefing 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.âEUR? 
>>  
>> âEURoeIn-boom roller-reefingâEUR? is accomplished  âEURoewith a
>> horizontal foil inside the
>> boom. This method allows for standard- or full-length
>> horizontal battens.âEUR? 
>> 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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