[Rhodes22-list] Experimenting with loose-footed main

[elle]

John,Have you seen this?
   
  http://www.cruisingdirect.com/LooseFootedMainsail.htm
   
   
  elle

John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com> wrote:
  At 12:02 PM 9/9/2007 -0400, Hank wrote:
>Turning may not help too much. I would think that a turn on the boom would
>wrap the ends, but since the majority of the sail is no longer attached, it
>would just pull out and the reef wouldn't really work. Having the foot
>attached to the boom is what makes the entire sail roll up around the boom.

My thinking is that if the outhaul is tight when I start to roll a 
reef in, the whole foot will follow the tack and clew, even though 
it's not attached to the boom. But I could be wrong about 
that. It's certainly one thing I will test if/when I actually try 
the experiment.

Cheers!

John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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