[Rhodes22-list] which is fastest,hook in the rear

[cjlowe at sssnet.com]

I sailed Friday after work,winds were 8-15mph,with not much gusting until
I threw out the hook for the night.Therwas an 80% chance of rain and
thunder storms for the night,so I put up the pop-top enclosure and
played around with anchoring from the stern.and from the bow.The part of
the lake I was on is about 2 mi. long and 3/4 of a mile wide, not enough
fetch to build a wave that could come over the stern,in anything less
than a tornado.She seemed to sail around the anchor a little less when
anchored from the stern,plus the bimini made a nice wind scoop to force
air in the back window of the PTE,and keep the rain out. The wind was
gusting from 25-30 mph at times during the night,and a few hard blasts
let a little rain spray under the bimini,and just a little mist came in
the rear window of the PTE (which was wide open).I can't believe how
dry the PTE is in a hard rain,nice job,Stan.
Saturday afternoon the wind really piped up,10-25mph with gusts over
30mph. I was going to start out with about 40% of the jib,but the
furling line slipped out of my hand and I got all 135% of the sail,and
just for good measure,the line wrapped around the anchor holding bracket
and retaining pin,totally fouling the furling line.Recap-I'm
singlehanding,in 25mphwind,full jib,1/8 of a mile from the lee shore,and
it's time to go forward and unfoul the furling line. Got her turned
into the wind enough to flog the sail, locked the tiller,ran
forward,unfouled the line,ran back,furled the sail to 40%,unlocked the
tiller , jibed and started crabbing away from the lee shore,with almost
30 feet to spare.I never got more than 60% of the jib out all
afternoon,moved around pretty good,but couldn't make good to
weather.Furled the jib back to 40% and drug out 40% of the main.Started
to make a little good to weather,but didn't seem to gain any
speed,however,in the gusts,I was able to wash the side ports and ship a
little water into the cockpit,before she would round up and flog the
sails.On the next two tacks ,I rerouted the jib sheets between the inner
and outer stays,and it helped a litttle,but the wind kept on
building.After 4 more jibes(I couldn't tack anymore),I got in a good
enough position to run for the channel back to the  marina.
My guess is the full genny got you the most speed.

Jerry Lowe