[Rhodes22-list] UPS Sail for Rhodes 22

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Joe,
Wait a minute. Before you go trashing the 175 genoa, try sailing it for a  
year or two and learn what you can do with it. I live in SC on an inland 
lake  and I will never give mine up. 
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 4/25/2010 5:27:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jadoucet at snet.net writes:


David,

I have moved my boat to an area where the 175  Genoa that came with my 2004
rebuilt Rhodes is much too heavy for the  typical wind.

Couldn't one just replace the 175 sail with the Doyle UPS  sail & keep the
existing furling system?

I'll be interested in  your sailing experience, especially close hauled and
partially furled with  the jib sheet led through the inner rigging points on
the boat.

I  don't doubt that the UPS is superior off The wind.  

Cheers,

Joe



David Culp-3 wrote:
> 
>  I just got a new UPS sail from Doyle for my boat.  I have used it  only
> one time, but I was quite pleased with the results as I would  have
> been motoring instead of sailing in the light wind  conditions.
> 
> There is a good discussion of the UPS for the  Rhodes on rhodes22.org .
>  However, that information needs to be  updated.  So here it goes:
> 
> The new kit price is $  1075.00 which is $ 100.00 more then the order
> form states.
>  
> The kit includes:
> 
> UPS sail for the Rhodes 22 in  customer chosen colors.
> Harken furling kit # 3029 which includes the  furler and top swivel.
> Sheet line and furling line cut in the  appropriate lengths.
> 
> All these items are great and exactly  what you need.  The kit also
> includes a halyard restrainer which  in reality is merely a pad-eye and
> a couple of pop rivets.  The  deck-eye is just a plain old eye-bolt.  I
> was expecting something  different in regards to these two items and
> had the discussion with  Doyle in NY about them.  Doyle tells me that
> other Rhodes sailors  are using these two items quite successfully, so
> to each his own I  guess.  The pad-eye will work, but it is not a
> formal halyard  restrainer and I ordered Harken # 944 ($45.00) to use
> instead because  it has a roller sheave.  And do we really have Rhodes
> owners  mounting eye-bolts with no plates on their decks?  Good luck on
>  that.  I have ordered something different with a top and backing
>  plate.
> 
> In addition, I added a snap-shackle to the bottom of  the furler unit
> so that it can be easily disconnected from the deck  and a U shaped
> shackle to the top of the furler to connect it to the  tack of the
> sail.  The provided top swivel mounts directly to the  head of the
> sail, so nothing additional needed there.  I already  discussed the
> halyard restrainer and with the IMF, I had a spare  halyard available,
> so I didn't have to add one.  Lastly, I  replaced all the cotter pins
> on the furling units with cotter rings  hoping to prevent torn sails if
> they get together in the sail  bag.
> 
> Doyle in NY is good to work with and they always respond  in a timely
> manner.  I think the sail is actually cut in Florida  and Doyle Florida
> forgot to ship the hardware with the sail, so there  was a delay
> getting it up and going.
> 
> Once I get  everything installed, I will take some pictures and send
> them to  Rhodes22.org or post them here.  In the meantime, if anyone
> has  any questions so far, feel free to ask.
> 
> David
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