[Rhodes22-list] Genoa Question

[FCrawford0707 at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/6/2007 8:11:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jbconnolly at comcast.net writes:

I do not  have experience with the 175, but I have a North Sails 150 on FF-2
furler,  bought new from GB.  

I would guess that winds in Salem/Beverly MA  area are not frequently 20 kts,
but are often 12-15, except lately, when we  have not seen 10 on any weekend
I have been able to get out. 

Works  fine for me in all conditions, but I don't race, and am seldom in a
hurry,  since I am already where I want to be when I get to the boat.

Jim  Connolly 



Bob - I would second Jim's advice - we sail at the South shore of New  Jersey 
and two years ago replaced our original 170 with a 140, as part of Stan's  
refit of Sunday Morning.  We also replaced the original main (furling) with  the 
battened (furling) main.  The combination provides all the power  we need and 
the 140 is far better for our conditions than the 170 was.  I  still often 
reef to about a 110 for upwind work, using the inner sheeting - then  roll out 
all the way for beam or broad reach.  I have also rigged sheeting  blocks on 
the forward pushpit rails, so have three sheeting options - side  of the 
cabintop (inner),  the "outside" blocks on the track and then the  pushpit blocks ( 
in combination if needed for downwind angles with a whisker  pole).   
    Frone Crawford
    s/v Sunday Morning



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