[Rhodes22-list] Now 155 vs. 175 Genoa

[Leland]

Ron,

First of all my condolences for the loss of your Genny.  Without a trailer
to pull the boat and lower the mask, I would have lived without a Genoa too,
but I certainly wouldn't have liked it.

Bottom line up front, I would get another 175.

The 175 doesn't perform well in light air and loses a lot of its shape when
furled, but I don't know if a 155 would be a big enough improvement to give
up the advantages of the 175.  Depending on the point-of-sail, a whisker
pole and running the sheets inside the shrouds have helped me a little with
both problems.  I'll admit that I furl to 155 or less most of the time, but
I don't want to give up the few times I can use the full Genoa.  Between a 3
and 5 knot wind I may not be going faster with the 175 than the 155 when on
a reach, but the euphoria is better.  On a run with a little wind and a
whisker pole, the 175 looks like I'm flying a spinnaker.  Everytime I can
use the 175 it makes me realize that it's worth putting up with its
negatives.

I would love to have a UPS.  Since I'm a daysailor (light wind = motor home)
and lazy, I probably wouldn't spend the effort to use it most of the time,
but I'm still thinking about getting one.

Good luck!

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
Kent Island, MD




Tootle wrote:
> 
> Ron said, "I have been addicted to audio books for many years.  For IPOD
> readable files you want to use audible.com. It has the largest selection. 
> However the files are encoded so that you can't simply download and
> forward them. For the folks in Ukrane you might want to try Librivox.com.
> That is a source of public domain literature read by volunteers.  Some of
> the readers are very good, for others you get what you pay for."
> 
> Thank you for the suggestion.  I will now have to learn about IPOD's, ugh.  
> 
> Unfortunately, most current literature is soft on reality.  I will have to
> go back and find all Brad's suggested readings over the last few years.
> 
> Most books that I read are either sailing or 'old'.  For example, I found
> a very old copy of 'Witness' by Whittaker Chambers.  It is very insightful
> into Marxism or Progressivism as it is known lately.  The copy I came up
> with was published in 1952.
> 
> So have you convinced the Messiah to build an accelerator in Chicago?  We
> are waiting...
> 
> Ed K
> Addendum:
> "We all declare for liberty, but in using the same word we do not all mean
> the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as
> he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others
> the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men,
> and the product of other men's labor. Here are two not only different, but
> incompatible things, called by the same name…"
> A. Lincoln
> 

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