[Rhodes22-list] 175% roller furling genoa

Stephen Staum snstaum at gmail.com
Thu Jun 13 11:58:38 EDT 2013


Cocktail are served after every sail at my mooring. All are welcome. 

Stephen Staum
s/v Carol Lee 2
Needham,  MA

Sent from my iPhone

On Jun 13, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Charles Nieman <blue66corvette at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Since I was first on agreeing on the validity of the GB fuller and the 175; can I get included on this sailing party and especially the drinking part?????
> 
> Charles Nieman
> s/v Day Dream
> 98 R 22
> 
>> From: snstaum at gmail.com
>> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:38:47 -0400
>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] 175% roller furling genoa
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> 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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