[Rhodes22-list] Sailing Upwind

Rick sloopblueheron at gmail.com
Sat Aug 28 19:07:44 EDT 2010


Chris,

It looks like I have the same shroud covers you do.  For the outer stays, I
stack two and use stretchy sail tape to join them.  That gives better
protection to the sheets when the genny is furled.

Rick

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 8:30 AM, cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com> wrote:

>
> I have also been struggling with trying sail closer to the wind and will
> experiment with the sheets inside the outer shroud.  I usually move the
> sheets to the inner cleats but will try leading them back to the winch.
> Enclosed is a photo of Opus at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum were I
> spent the night next to my Dad's boat Bravo.  You can see my plastic shroud
> covers in the photo.  I think the alternate sheet placement will work well
> in wind speed over 5kts but find that the smaller sail area, restricted due
> to the spreaders, cuts down on boat speed too much. I will post some
> sketches and description of the weekend trip with my Dad when I get it
> formated.
>
>
>
> BenCittadino 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
> >>  > 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)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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