[Rhodes22-list] Sail Plan Changes

[elle]

my  2¢
You could walk around on your knees...

Sometimes short has it's advantages...;^)

elle

--- Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok, boys and girls, put your thinking caps on! 
> Here's the deal, the sails
> rep I've been visiting with has a 9.2C just like
> mine that he raised the
> boom 10 inches on for better headroom (mine is about
> 5' 11 1/8 inches above
> the cockpit which gives me 1/4 inch to play with
> versus getting whacked
> while standing up).  He also shortened his boom
> length 21 inches which I
> really don't want to do.  He says the boat handles
> better, has less weather
> helm, and the center of effort moves forward.  Other
> than the obvious loss
> of sail area (less than 5% by my calculations) what
> can be anticipated in
> changes of handling characteristics? He (the rep)
> says it moves the center
> of effort forward and the boat is more stable based
> on his experience.
> 
> Now this from Stan's site: *Lowering the boom,
> automatically lowers the sail
> inside the mast, which in turn lowers the center of
> effort of the sail,
> therefore increasing the stability of the boat
> without cutting sail area.
> In fact, boat speed actually increases slightly by
> lowering the boom.
> 
> *Can we assume then that raising the boom will
> decrease stability and if so
> by what margin?  What is your experience? Loss of
> speed is not an issue with
> me. Everytime I think about these things I get a
> headache.  I'm sure Stan
> could answer this in about 2 seconds but I'm afraid
> he'd want a donation for
> his experience.  That greed thing again.  I'm hoping
> someone can think this
> through and give an informed opinion at a reasonable
> cost.  Like free!
> 
> Brad
> *
> 
> *
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We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)

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