[Rhodes22-list] Furl sails or lower boom

Tue Aug 4 15:41:22 EDT 2015

Jerry - thanks for your description. I also sail on an inland lake w/
occasionally flukey winds.  I usually furl the 175 to about 115% (even w/
outer shroud) at 8-10 knots and keep pop top up w/ full main.  Above 12-15
I drop the boom and, depending on heel, may use traveler to balance the
helm.  I will experiment with leaving pop top up in slightly windier
weather and try reefing the main a tad. The nice thing about the boat is
the variety of ways you can balance things out.  I usually don't put sheets
in the inside fairlead track unless I really need to point. I find that on
outside track the tacking angle is about 70 degrees. I can get it down to
60 degrees or so on the inside track.

I continue to see messages about difficulty of tacking the 175.  I don't
loose the sheet until I see the boom coming across (Stan's rule) - this
helps move the bow across the wind and blows the genoa across the deck with
no problems.

Cheers,
Shawn
s/v Sweet Baboo (Recycled 86)

On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 12:41 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> Shawn asked me how I choose to shorten sail or lower boom.
> First, let me remind you I'm on a small,well protected lake. The steady
> wind dosent get thru near as well as the gusts,so I have to set my sails
> to handle the biggest expected gusts. When the wind starts picking up,I
> wait until I round up once or twice,then take the 130 jib down to about
> 100. I think it is better to furl the main first,as it has more effect on
> the healing, but it's a whole lot easier to furl the jib by pinching and
> luffing  the sail. If that doesn't help , I get on a port tack and take in
> about a foot of main sail. If the wind keeps building I'll take in another
> foot of main,and try that for awhile. If I still am getting
> overpowered,it's time to drop the boom. After dropping the boom I can
> usually get away with deploying a little more sail. For the same lazy
> reason as above,I start with the jib.
> It seems to me that if I take in more than half of the main sail, I lose
> too much righting ability,when I release the main sheet.i like a little
> safety bank to tap into for the big gusts. Right or wrong that's how I do
> it.
> How about you?
>
> Jerry Lowe
> S/V Country Rhodes
>
>
> Ps: photo moonlight sai Thursday night . Sailed until 11:30 pm.
>
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