[Rhodes22-list] 175% roller furling genoa

[Stephen Staum]

That's great news. As a former liberal I will commit to stocking the Carol Lee 2 w the Rum of your choice when you come to sail in Boston. 

Stephen Staum
s/v Carol Lee 2
Needham,  MA

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On Jun 13, 2013, at 9:54 AM, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:

> Yes, we can still agree on the furler. I have been known to have a vodka  
> and tonic with lime on occasion and martini's are also on my list of approved 
> drinks. I don't do Scotch at all.
> 
> Rummy
> 
> 
> In a message dated 6/13/2013 9:06:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> snstaum at gmail.com writes:
> 
> Rummy,
> 
> I feel it is only fair to warn you that I drink  Scotch & Vodka (mostly 
> very dry martini's - shaken not stirred).  
> 
> Do we still agree on the furler?
> 
> 
> Stephen Staum
> s/v Carol  Lee 2
> Needham,  MA
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jun 13, 2013, at  7:25 AM, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> 
>> I'm with Stephen and Joe on  this subject. My hull is an 88 model with
> the  
>> original furler  and the original 175 Genoa. I never have problems with
> it. I 
>> don't  need to change sails, so it works for me. I still have all of the 
>> original  standing rigging.
>> 
>> Rummy
>> 
>> 
>> In a message dated 6/12/2013 11:19:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight  Time,  
>> snstaum at gmail.com writes:
>> 
>> I love   the original General Boats furling system.  It is elegantly
> simple.  
>> I  did lose one forestay due to lack of adequate tension (my  fault).  
> But 
>> in  
>> 9 years the genoa has always  opened and furled every time.  My buddy  
> has a 
>> newer system  (CDI?) on his Catalina 25 and it is always an adventure  - 
>> sometimes the jib won't open and sometimes it won't furl.
>> 
>> I  am  from the kiss school. Keep it simple - sail more - fix less.  I  do
> 
>> all  
>> my own work but I would rather be  sailing.
>> 
>> Just one man's  opinion.
>> 
>> Stephen Staum
>> s/v Carol Lee 2
>> Needham,  MA
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: thewill311
>> Sent:  Wednesday,  June 12, 2013 5:56 PM
>> To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> Subject:  [Rhodes22-list] 175% roller  furling genoa
>> 
>> So I talked to the owner of  the rigging  company that's going to replace
>> head/forestay and he was  telling  me that the reason my rigging broke is
>> because 175% genoa was to   much for my rigging to handle and that the
> roller
>> furling was a Stone  Age  technology and I should chuck it over board. He
> is
>> the third  rigger that  has told me this since I have been calling about
>> fixing my boat. I'm pretty  new to sailing so I'm not sure what to tell  
>> these
>> guys when they put down  the original set up on my  boat. Every part on my
>> boats rigging mast and  sails are original  to the 1987 Rhodes 22. Should
> I 
>> go
>> with different set  up  for the genoa?
>> 
>> 
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