[Rhodes22-list] Sailing Upwind

[Chris Cowie]

Rick
Thanks,  I will Try stacking the tubes.

Chris Cowie
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On Aug 28, 2010, at 7:20 PM, Rick <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> PS-Could not connect to Nabble today??!!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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