[Rhodes22-list] Sailing Upwind

BenCittadino bencittadino at gmail.com
Tue Aug 24 11:45:14 EDT 2010


Stephen;

I just ran the sheets inside the outermost shrouds and brought them through
the pulleys and winches on the gunwhales. I think I need some shroud
"guards" or "rollers" before I bring the Genny back past the mast by that
route, but I was definitely surprised how much difference that seemingly
small adjustment made in upwind sailing.

BenC

Stephen Staum wrote:
> 
> 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:
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>> I had two days in a row on Sandy Hook Bay in NJ this weekend, and I  
>> want
>> 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
>>
>> S/V Susan Kay ('93 recycled '08)
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