[Rhodes22-list] Sailing Upwind

[Alan Robertson]

To avoid getting hung up in the shrouds when doing a fast "coming" about into a chop, we loosen furling line and reduce sail  to where luff is just past inner shroud until we've passed through "Eye" of the wind. Then adjust genoa to what it was before. Requires close coordination with jib sheets and 1st mate or me if mate is at the helm.

Thor IV, Delmar NY
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Stephen Staum<mailto:staum at earthlink.net> 
  To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 12:02 PM
  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Sailing Upwind


  Thanks Ben. SS

  Sent from my iPhone

  On Aug 24, 2010, at 11:45 AM, BenCittadino <bencittadino at gmail.com<mailto:bencittadino at gmail.com>>  
  wrote:

  >
  > 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
  >>
  >> Sent from my iPhone
  >>
  >> On Aug 23, 2010, at 6:55 PM, "Benjamin Cittadino" <BCittadino at dcs-law.com<mailto:BCittadino at dcs-law.com>
  >>> wrote:
  >>
  >>> 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.
  >>>
  >>>
  >>>
  >>> BenCittadino
  >>>
  >>> S/V Susan Kay ('93 recycled '08)
  >>>
  >>>
  >>>
  >>> PS-Could not connect to Nabble today??!!
  >>>
  >>>
  >>>
  >>>
  >>>
  >>>
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