[Rhodes22-list] Bud - special reply - see if it comes thru? If not go to nabble...

Tootle ekroposki at charter.net
Thu Oct 18 12:51:21 EDT 2007


Bud,
Sometimes,

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
"Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit
you're eating."


Joe_the_Sous_Chef wrote:
> 
> GentleSailors (aren’t I polite as well as politically correct)
> 
> I have a question regarding heeling angles
> 
> S/V La Sirena (03 Recyc 07) was delivered to Sesuit Harbor on Cape Cod BAY
> in mid-July (thank you Elton, thank you Stan and Rose), and been out as
> often as I can scrape together the time. We have IMF, 175% Genoa, UPP.
> 
> Prevailing summer winds in Cape Cod Bay are from the southwest or from the
> northeast. South west winds give ideal sailing. The northeast winds chop
> the Bay up, (seas 2-3ft, whitecaps) when they blow 10-15 kts with gusts to
> 20 kts.
> 
> I have no crew, so typically sail with the boom lowered, pop top down, and
> up on the gunnels. 
> 
> In your collective experience, particularly those of you sailing on Long
> Island Sound, Chesapeake Bay, or north of Boston, 
> 
> --at what angle of heel will you sail on a reach under these conditions
> (wind 15kts, seas 2-3 ft, singlehanding)? 
> --how close to hull speed will you come under these conditions? 
> --would you sail reefed under these conditions?
> --both sails? (when I reefed both sails, all we did was wallow around at
> about 1-2 kts of hull speed; not much fun)
> 
> I know Rhodes don’t tip over, but there is always one danged fool who will
> find it possible. The Admiral (and the Commodore) prefers it not be me.
> Besides, the Commodore tells me the boat sails faster if it is FLAT.
> 
> Thoughts and comments appreciated.
> 
> Joe (the Sous Chef)
> 
> 

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