[Rhodes22-list] Test (Excel Spreadsheet)

[Leland]

Jack,

No.

Sure seems that way though when watching the apparent wind blow back the
telltales on the shrouds.

With the genoa lines ran across the cabintop; the traveler to windward; the
centerboard down; the right amount of wind, current, chop and human ballast;
I'll bet an experienced sailor like Rummy could get 40 degrees (without
three sheets to the wind).

Lee


Comehere Jack wrote:
> 
>  Lee -
> 
> I'm not as interested in the speeds as I am that first number in your
> "degrees off the wind" column!  Can you actually point that high?
> 
> 
> 
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> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Leland
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> 
> 
> Oops--assumed it wouldn't work.  Guess I'd better explain a little.
> 
> First of all, the boat speed spreadsheet for the Rhodes is not accurate
> for
> a multitude of reasons.
> 
> The data for the Beneteau46 is from their website.  Since its LWL is 40'8,
> its speed should generally be about twice that of a Rhodes.  I divided the
> Beneteau data in two and discovered that one of the biggest discrepancies
> is
> that the Rhodes performs much better in light air and therefore reaches
> its
> maximal speed much quicker.  I couldn't figure out an easy way to
> compensate
> so I simply changed the wind speed to increments of two instead of four. 
> Hey--I said it was inaccurate.
> 
> The Rhodes will still reach its maximal speed sooner than the spreadsheet
> depicts, but I did notice that the data looks somewhat more accurate as
> you
> decrease wind speed.
> 
> Does anyone know of an easy and more accurate method of predicting our
> speeds?  I understand that there are too many variables to be too
> accurate.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Lee
> 
> 
> 
> Bud_On_Rhodes wrote:
>> 
>> Lee,
>>   I can read your uploaded xls just fine.
>> 
>> -Bud
>> 
>> Leland wrote:
>> 
>>>Just testing to see if I can upload an Excel spreadsheet.
>>>
>>>Lee
>>>1986 Rhodes22
>>>Crab Alley (Kent Island, MD)
>>>
>>>
>>>http://www.nabble.com/file/p12636553/Speed%2BCalculations.xls
>>>Speed+Calculations.xls
>>>  
>>>
>> 
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