[Rhodes22-list] reefing

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Bill,
What a perfect analogy.
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Effros <bill at effros.com>
>Sent: Feb 17, 2007 11:41 AM
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] reefing
>
>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
>>
>> ----- 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?
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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