[Rhodes22-list] Sailing Upwind

[Stephen Staum]

Ben,

Did you go just inside the shrouds or to the inner track as well?

Stephen Staum
87 R22, Carol Lee

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On Aug 23, 2010, at 6:55 PM, "Benjamin Cittadino" <BCittadino at dcs-law.com 
 > wrote:

> I had two days in a row on Sandy Hook Bay in NJ this weekend, and I  
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> to report that I had a pleasing experience by "finally" re-routing the
> Jib (175 Genny) sheets inside the outer shrouds to try for better  
> upwind
> sailing. I have to say that I didn't expect much difference, but I was
> delighted to get inside 45 degrees at last. I obviously didn't let the
> Genny out to the full 175, but at 100 we flew along and I felt like I
> could make real headway upwind. I had delayed trying the new route for
> the sheets because I thought the sail would get all hung up in the
> shrouds, but it's become no big deal. Try it, you'll like it.
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> BenCittadino
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> S/V Susan Kay ('93 recycled '08)
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> PS-Could not connect to Nabble today??!!
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