[Rhodes22-list] reefing

[Bill Effros]

JB,

Let Stan guide you on what to purchase for your budget.  Get a recycled 
boat instead of a new.  Put every unique feature on the boat.  Stan will 
give you full trade in value on a new boat should you ever want one.

Spend as much money as you possibly can on the boat--the features have 
excellent resale value because they are unique--if you keep the boat 
forever you will always be glad you got the features, and the price will 
seem trivial.

Compared to a Rhodes-22 a 47' Benetau is like driving a Winnebago.  If 
you had sailed 3 times on a Rhodes in the same conditions you would have 
had an exhilarating ride all 3 times.  The Rhodes will sail in wind that 
won't move the Beneteau.  You can do things with a tiller you can't do 
with a wheel.  You can always feel the water around you.  It never feels 
like some big machine that you can barely control.

I got a Rhodes because my wife hates to heel.  She loves the boat, and 
is never afraid.  Learning to control the boat so it always sails 
upright is an enjoyable skill.  Sailing upright past larger boats that 
are heeled over is fun.

Bill Effros

JbTek wrote:
> Ed,
> I've only read about reefing. I've been sailing 3 times, 2 of those in very
> light wind. What got me hooked was one of those times was on a 47' Beneteau
> and they let me take the wheel just outside San Diego harbor. When we caught
> a gust of wind you could just feel the power drive you forward. We heeled
> over some & the wife got very nervous. I couldn't tell you if we were reefed
> or not. I can tell you I see the benefits of IMF and I believe she will
> insist on it.
>     I know the R22 has lots of features, I would want to know if you could
> not have them all, which would take priority. The obvious from where I sit,
> IMF & the swivel chairs look comfortable.
>
> What does a sail weigh? I think Rummy said the mast only weighs 16lbs.
>
>     Jb
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tootle" <ekroposki at charter.net>
> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 5:10 AM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Roller Reefing on Rhodes Continental?
> Luis?JayBulfer?
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> Luis and Jay:
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> 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
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> 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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