[Rhodes22-list] Loose-Footed Close-Hauling

[Rick]

Lee,

Interesting.  My RC boat has a loose footed mainsail also.  There is a
marked improvement in pointing and speed by opneing the gap between foot and
boom to 3 fingers.  A linear translation to the R22 would be 21 fingers.

Rick

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:

>
> Apparently there's a problem with the link.  Let's see if this works:
>
> http://old.nabble.com/file/p30366551/Norton%2BYacht%2BSales%2BTutorial.pdf
> Norton+Yacht+Sales+Tutorial.pdf
>
> Lee
>
>
> Thought this was a good tip regarding close-hauled sailing in light wind:
>
> "On the loose-footed mainsails (in-mast furling) a good rule of thumb is to
> ease the outhaul to have a gap between the foot of the main and the boom of
> about 18-24 inches at the widest point. This “camber” adjustment of the
> “wing” allows more lift to be generated for a given wind speed."
>
>
> http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/Brad's%20Briefs%20I.pdf<http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/Brad%27s%20Briefs%20I.pdf>
>
> http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/Brad's%20Briefs%20I.pdf<http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/Brad%27s%20Briefs%20I.pdf>
>
> This came from a yacht salesman so the gap might be slightly less on our
> boats because we have littlier feet.
>
> Lee
> 1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
> Kent Island, MD
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