[Rhodes22-list] sailing, launch, college football stream of conciousness post--NOW Poptop Sailing

TN Rhodey tnrhodey at gmail.com
Thu Oct 23 07:35:22 EDT 2008 

Lee, You should not need to grab hold of the boom. Jibing this way is very
controlled.

Fair winds & jybe ho!

Wally

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>wrote:

> Lee,
> I think you will be surprised at how easy this is to do. I regularly do
> this on my O'Day 25. On the other hand, I crew on a Hunter 356 in races.
> It's got an in in-boom furling main. We only jib that way on it in very
> light winds.
>
>
> Leland wrote:
> > Wally,
> >
> > Good tip.  In high winds it can be kind of stressful to do a controlled
> jibe
> > by keeping tension on the boom by frantically pulling on the mainsheet
> with
> > one hand while the other one is on the tiller.  This sounds easier.  Now
> > that mention it, I might be able to reach out and grab the end of the
> boom
> > before it catches on the backstay.  Definitely are advantages to sailing
> a
> > small boat.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Lee
> >
> >
> >
> > TN Rhodey-2 wrote:
> >
> >> Lee, A tip for keeping the boom out of the back stays when jibing....I
> >> jibe
> >> my R22 the same as a small dinghy....... grab hold of the main sheet
> >> tackle
> >> direct for controlled jibe rather than hauling in main sheet than
> letting
> >> loose as you jibe. The slop in the mainsheet is what allows the boom to
> >> rise.  Our main is small enough that this works. I am not sure if i
> >> explained this well.....grab hold of then then release the main sheet
> >> tackle...not the bitter end of the main sheet.
> >>
> >> Fair Winds,
> >>
> >> Wally
> >>
> >> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Ben,
> >>>
> >>> "Back to the hardware store."
> >>>
> >>> That's one of the things I hate most about home improvement projects.
>  It
> >>> seems half of the work is driving back and forth to the hardware store.
> >>> Might help if I knew what I was doing.  I really don't mind working on
> >>> the
> >>> boat as much as the house, it's just that I'd rather spend boat time
> >>> under
> >>> sail.  Glad you were finally able to get out and enjoy the excellent
> >>> conditions.
> >>>
> >>> Your comment about 10-12 knot winds got me thinking about the last time
> I
> >>> was out.  I much prefer to sail with the poptop up but realize that the
> >>> boat
> >>> sails better on a close reach with the boom down.  True wind was 10.2
> >>> knots,
> >>> close reach, poptop and boom up, full main, Genoa 12" past outer shroud
> >>> (about 115%) with sail barely touching the shroud, tiller locked to
> >>> center,
> >>> centerboard down, traveler centered, 190 lbs. of human ballast standing
> >>> on
> >>> the windward side of the tiller, chop about a foot and a half, no clue
> >>> what
> >>> the current was doing.  4.2 knots with a heel of 30 degrees.  Loosened
> >>> the
> >>> main and Genoa to reduce heel to 20 degrees without unlocking the
> tiller
> >>> from center.  Speed increased to 4.8 knots with tack reduced less than
> 5
> >>> degrees.
> >>>
> >>> I prefer about a 10 degree heel and could have certainly reduced the
> >>> amount
> >>> of both sails, but I now know that I can comfortably keep the poptop up
> >>> on
> >>> a
> >>> close reach in winds up to 10 knots without re-running my Genoa sheets
> >>> inside the shrouds.
> >>>
> >>> For me the most important indicator that I should lower my boom is when
> I
> >>> can no longer tack and need to jibe to come about.  Since I don't have
> a
> >>> boom vang, my high-wind jibes occasionally attach the end of my boom to
> >>> one
> >>> of the backstays, which can cause me to spill my beer; and that is just
> >>> irresponsible.
> >>>
> >>> Lee
> >>> 1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
> >>> Kent Island, MD
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> benonvelvetelvis wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Well, I started early Saturday morning, hoping to be sailing by noon.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> The boat's been dry since Gustav, so I slapped up a quick coat of
> >>>>
> >>> bottom
> >>>
> >>>> paint.  I had to run get some wd-40 to loosen up the part of the
> >>>>
> >>> trailer
> >>>
> >>>> that closes over the ball (whatever that's called), and then, once I
> >>>>
> >>> got
> >>>
> >>>> the
> >>>> trailer on the Jeep, it turns out that a tire was hopelessly flat.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Waiting for a new tire wouldn't have been too bad if I could go ahead
> >>>>
> >>> and
> >>>
> >>>> rig, but the storage yard was separated from the access road by power
> >>>> lines.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Once I got the new tire on the trailer, launched the boat, and went to
> >>>> hoist
> >>>> the mast.  Of course, I couldn't find half of the pins that connect
> the
> >>>> stays to the chainplates.  Back to the hardware store.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Ended up being a 6-hour ordeal to actually start sailing.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> But from then on, the day was perfect.  Steady winds at 10-12, light
> >>>>
> >>> chop,
> >>>
> >>>> temperatures in the low 70s, and cooling as the sun went down.  I
> >>>>
> >>> didn't
> >>>
> >>>> bother turning on the gps or instruments, but we were at hull speed on
> >>>>
> >>> a
> >>>
> >>>> beam reach (or darned close to it) for an hour straight.  We had a
> >>>>
> >>> quick
> >>>
> >>>> swim-by from a couple of dolphins toward the end of the sail.  We went
> >>>>
> >>> in
> >>>
> >>>> just in time for cold beer and LSU's kickoff.  They made it harrowing
> >>>>
> >>> in
> >>>
> >>>> the
> >>>> first half, but in the second half, the Tiger defense that I know and
> >>>>
> >>> love
> >>>
> >>>> showed up out of the blue.  It was good to see them back.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I was correct in my prediction that I didn't consider politics at all.
> >>>>
> >>> I
> >>>
> >>>> did watch Sarah Palin's SNL appearance at the beginning of the show.
> >>>> Pretty
> >>>> funny, I thought.  Whether you think she's fit for office or not, you
> >>>>
> >>> have
> >>>
> >>>> to admit that she's a charming personality.  I did consider some poll
> >>>> numbers - the first BCS poll came out on Sunday.  Tigers are getting
> >>>>
> >>> the
> >>>
> >>>> shaft a bit from the computers, but that win over Auburn turns out to
> >>>>
> >>> be
> >>>
> >>>> not
> >>>> so impressive after all.  If we can beat Georgia at home, that will
> >>>>
> >>> give
> >>>
> >>>> us
> >>>> a big push, and we can count the days until Bama returns to Tiger
> >>>>
> >>> stadium.
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Ben
> >>>>
> >>>> R22 Velvet Elvis
> >>>>
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