[Rhodes22-list] Raven 155.pdf

[Michael D. Weisner]

Peter,

The new 155 reminds me a lot of the 155 that was delivered by Stan on my 
1981 Rhodes.  As soon as I have a moment, I will check my sail.  I think it 
was made by D&D.  You are right, it is better to be able to see under the 
sail (I have to bend down a bit) and the sheets are higher (although they 
still tend to catch on stays.)  From an old panaramic sailing picture on my 
desk, it appears that I have nearly a foot above the sail on the forestay. 
I guess they were made differently back then.

Mike
s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)

From: "Peter Thorn" <pthorn at nc.rr.com> Thursday, February 22, 2007 12:21 PM
> Bill, Wally and all~
>
> Attached is a sketch of Raven's new 155 headsail provided by Dan Calore of
> (Cruising Direct Sails).  The sail hasn't arrived yet, but so far I am 
> quite
> pleased with the price and service at CD Sails.  The sail was designed by 
> a
> North Sails designer in San Diego, who carefully attended to my concerns.
>
> To respond to Bill about 175 vs. 155, I really don't have anything to add 
> to
> Wally's comments and think he nailed his response pretty well.  I 
> purchased
> the sail to race at NYRA in New Bern, NC and I think it will be just dandy
> for that purpose.  I do not want to give up 9 seconds/mile rating for an 
> old
> 175 sail that probably won't point or tack as well as this one in medium
> air.
>
> The opening photo on General Boats website shows a R22 sailing with a
> standard main and a high clew headsail.  That sail is much more like this
> one than the decksweeping 175 that came with Raven.  A few advantages:  1)
> you can see to leeward and see under the sail (I often sit to leeward to
> observe headsail telltales and like to see to leeward under the 175), 2)
> the high clew will hold the sheets up higher during a tack -- hopefully 
> they
> won't snag as much on rigging etc. during tacking, and 3) more area of the
> sail is up higher where it overlaps the main.  This sail was cut to 
> maximum
> luff for maximum unpenalized legal area.
>
> Commenting on Dan Snyder's red 175 headsail in the picture someone 
> recently
> reposted:  that sail looks great!  The furler goes all the way up the
> forestay, as also does the luff of the sail.   I've seen too many furlers
> and headsails that leave significant amounts of luff sail area unused. 
> PHRF
> raters measure only LP, and just assume every sailor would use maximum 
> luff
> area, but that's usually not the case.
>
> The North design sketch (pdf attached) shows the mold patterns the 
> designer
> uses.  The sketch makes it look like a crosscut, but it's really a
> tri-radial.  These are not the cloth cut patterns, but "molds" used in the
> abstract design process to form the sail.  The actual sail is cut as a
> tri-radial.
>
> It will be a while before Raven's mast is stepped again and the sail is
> fitted.  I'll let you know how this turns out.
>
> PT
>
>
>


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