[Rhodes22-list] Captain Slim Fastest

[Steven Alm]

Ed,

No, I do not have a picture.  That's Art's job.  I'm just saying that you
don't want a metal caribiner flapping around uncontrollably.  I've never
seen a plastic one--have you?  Would that remove the danger?

Slim

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:

>
> Slim"
>
> What about one of those plastic caribiners?  Why does the contraption have
> to be a wire?  Why not a tightly woven line with a plastic block.  Real
> cheap set up to try?  Remember to do better than Art and post a picture...
>
> Some people post a lot of unsubstantiated stuff without documentation.
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
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>
> Art,
>
> I think your self-tending jib idea is pretty ingenious.  I'll have to try
> that some day.  However, clipping on a caribiner WITHOUT the wire traveler
> is dangerous.  You don't want a hunk of metal flopping around violently if
> you're upwind and luffing.  Yes, it would be handy to clip onto a separate
> pair of sheets but you might lose your front teeth making the change.
> Better to just reroute the one pair of sheets you have.  But clipped onto
> something like a wire traveler sounds intriguing.  .
>
> Slim
>
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Arthur H. Czerwonky <
> czerwonky at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Bob,
> >
> > You can attach a caribiner to the genny clue for attachment to an extra
> > set
> > of sheets between the mast and inner shrouds and clip on or off whatever
> > sheets as you wish.  You can also connect a wire at the right level
> > between
> > the two lower forward shrouds and create a 'traveler' for a self-tending
> > jib.  I use the latter, which is much less fuss and work.  Does that make
> > sense?
> >
> > Art
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > >From: Bob Keller <r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com>
> > >Sent: Jun 3, 2008 12:11 PM
> > >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Which is Fastest?
> > >
> > >
> > >Lee,
> > >I have a question: How do you run the genoa sheet between the mast and
> > inner shroud as indicated in B below?  I have never had any success doing
> > this, but it seems like it would help (I was trying to point into 18-20
> > knots last weekend and could have used that).
> > >Thanks.
> > >Bob K> Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 16:50:54 -0700> From: LKUHN at cnmc.org> To:
> > rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Which is Fastest?>
> >
> > > Great afternoon of sailing. Played around with three different sail
> > plans
> > to> see which would be the fastest. For all three; true wind was about
> > 12-14> knots, centerboard was down, close reach of about 50 degrees with
> > sails> adjusted properly, 10-15 degree heel, and the tiller was locked
> > straight. I> did need to occasionally shift my weight slightly to keep on
> > tack.> > A. Boom down. Genoa sheet between mast and inner shroud. Genoa
> > reefed to> about 70%. Full main.> > B. Boom up. Genoa sheet between inner
> > and outer shrouds. Genoa reefed to> about 110%. Main reefed to about
> 60%.>
> > >
> > C. Boom up. No Genoa. Full main.> > Which do you think was fastest?
> > Results
> > surprised me.> > Lee> 1986 Rhodes22 At Ease> Kent Island, MD> -- > View
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