[Rhodes22-list] Help

[Mary Lou Troy]

Chris,
I wouldn't shackle the sail to the boomcar. It add the friction of 
the car to the furling or unfurling process.

Best,
Mary Lou

At 04:20 PM 3/21/2014, you wrote:
>Hi Rob...been studying the pics and have a question...if you 
>know...is there an advantage to shackling the clew of the sail 
>directly to the sliding car or the other way, letting the out haul 
>line run through the car to the sail and back.....
>
>Chris G
>Blue Hawaii
>
>Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Mar 21, 2014, at 12:26 PM, "Lowe, Rob" <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Chris,
> > Actually, there are varied ways to run the outhaul line.  The 
> third pic shows the outhaul line coming back to the cleat.  The 
> second photo shows the outhaul going "down through the second hole" 
> and being held by the cam cleat.  This is probably the preferred 
> method and is how mine is run.  The car is allowed to move, but 
> mine tends to stay in place unless I manually move it.  And yes, 
> the topping lift is generally kept slack when sailing, but some 
> people don't worry about it too much.  As long as when you tighten 
> down on the boom that you're not loading the topping lift.  Getting 
> a smooth rollout of the main depends a lot on boom angle.  A slight 
> downward angle works best on my boat. - rob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org 
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Chrissailorman
> > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 11:52 AM
> > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Help
> >
> > Hey Rob...the third pic with the Doyle sail is the setup I 
> have...always wondered what that second hole at the end of the boom 
> was for. Think this will help a lot. Notice the topping lift is 
> taut...don't you slacken this?  Also, when unfurling the main with 
> this setup..what works to give a smooth rollout? Also, again, does 
> the car stay where you place it?
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >> On Mar 21, 2014, at 10:48 AM, "Lowe, Rob" <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> Chris,
> >> Previously posted by Geoff and Jerry, see if these help. - rob
> >>
> >> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20130706/0
> >> 715caec/attachment.JPG
> >>
> >> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20130706/0
> >> 715caec/attachment-0001.JPG
> >>
> >> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20090825/8
> >> 98602f1/attachment.jpg
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> >> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of
> >> Chrissailorman
> >> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 9:40 AM
> >> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> >> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Help
> >>
> >> I know that rules prohibit sending pictures, so ...is there a 
> way that I can receive a picture, say for an example of how to rig 
> the mainsail out haul lines etc...
> >> Chris
> >> Sent from my iPad
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