[Rhodes22-list] sailing sense #2 or something you already know

pdgrand at nospam.wmis.net pdgrand at nospam.wmis.net
Fri Sep 26 11:47:13 EDT 2008


You must all have something less that the 175% genoa.  When I try to point
as high as I can, I'm able to pull the genoa all the way back to the cars
in their full aft position outside of the outer stays.

> the upper shrouds take almost all the thrust so any chain plate to only
> the
> deck (not deck and hull overlap as we now do it) would have to have an
> interior connection carrying the load down to the hull.
>
> ss
>
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> know
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>> hi stan
>>
>> funny you should mention shortening the spreaders to point better...i
>> was
>> just talking to marylou and fred about that last Friday but my idea went
>> one
>> step further and that was to anchor the shroud on the cabin top.. i was
>> originally thinking somewhere near the mast but am now thinking closer
>> to
>> the
>> handrails...then i would put in a genny track on the deck....wanted to
>> experiment
>> this winter....any thoughts??
>>
>> tom
>>
>>
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