[Rhodes22-list] photos Re: availability of 130% genoas (third photo)

[Mary Lou Troy]

At 05:56 PM 5/20/2013, you wrote:
>I love that last picture.  How did you take that?  It looks like you 
>either narrowly missed getting hit by a ship, got buzzed by an 
>airplane, had one of those kite cameras, or you have angel wings and can fly.
>
>Bill W.
>s/v Fina Lee

That was one of the best sails we ever had. Steady winds on the just 
the right angle to broad reach from Rock Hall down to the tip of 
Eastern Neck Island and then near reach up the Chester River to an 
anchorage somewhere up there. Used the UPS most of the way. We were 
rounding the tip of Eastern Neck Island when I said to Fred "what the 
heck is that helicopter doing buzzing us!?" Then I realized that 
there was a guy leaning out with a camera and the wording on the tail 
of the helicopter said "Boatpix.com". Turned out to be a very 
expensive sail. I actually hesitated to contact them because I knew 
it was going to cost me big bucks but I finally did and the photos 
were (and are) fantastic. We rationalized the cost by saying "think 
what it would cost to HIRE a helicopter to come take pix of your 
boat."  They were out on the bay coming from or going to a race where 
they routinely take photos. We just happened to be on the way and 
were colorful at the time.

I've attached another.

Mary Lou



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>[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Mary Lou Troy
>Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 5:48 PM
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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] availability of 130% genoas (third photo)
>
>Looks like only two of the photos actually got attached. Here's the third.
>
>Mary Lou
>
>
>At 05:19 PM 5/20/2013, you wrote:
> >Our UPS is on a high-tech line luff (not a wire). It furls somewhat
> >loosely but enough to control the sail. You do need to drop it once
> >you are done with it (for the day) as the wind will unfurl bits and
> >pieces of it if you left it up.
> >
> >We have used it downwind as a twin headsail (genoa and UPS). I've
> >attached a photo - looks like we poled out the UPS. Also attached a
> >photo of it furled and one of us under sail. I think we were sailing
> >just above a broad reach on this one and probably could have eased
> >the sheet a bit - but it is such a forgiving sail that it probably
> >didn't really matter.
> >
> >Best,
> >Mary Lou
> >1991 R22 Fretless
> >Rock Hall, MD
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