[Rhodes22-list] Windward sheeting traveler(Graham)

[The Rhodes 22 Email List]

Joe:
I didn't know the Pulitzer Prize was lost.
Cheers,
Shawn

s/v Sweet Baboo ( recycled 86 )
On Oct 4, 2015 5:23 PM, "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> Graham:
>      The changeover is best made while your boat is resting up from a long
> season of sailing.  I took the existing traveler off and sent it to
> Stanville. There the General Boats craftsmen transformed it into the new
> version and sent it home again, where I tucked it away till sailing season
> then reinstalled it exactly like the old one. Then, "plop, plop - fizz,
> fizz, oh what a relief it is," (AlkaSeltzer).
>
>      Moving the main from side to side in order to sail closer to the wind
> is a breeze (pun always intended). The boom will stay right where you put
> it.  I like to experiment with it, play around.  Hey, you're sitting on
> your ass anyway. Why not use the time to become friendlier with your boat,
> the wind and wonderful combination these two things produce: you as a
> sailor.  Ready about!  Hard to lee!
> Joe Camp
> Looking for a Pulitzer Prize
>
>
>       From: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>  To: 'The Rhodes 22 Email List' <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>  Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 10:32 AM
>  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Windward sheeting traveler
>
> Joe:
> What is involved in retrofitting the mew traveller to a boat that had the
> old standard deck-mounted traveller? I have the split back stay.
> Thanks,
>
> Graham Stewart
> Agile. R22, 1976
> Kingston Ontario Canada
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:
> rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Sent: October 3, 2015 1:23 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Windward sheeting traveler
>
> To the traveller troubled:
>
>     Stan's new traveller design makes this operation a breeze and gives
> this amazing boat another card up its sleeve. (That's a metaphorical
> sleeve; boats don't have jackets with sleeves)  I find myself using it all
> of the time, compared to the old traveller, which I avoided unwrapping at
> all. My best advice is to buy this item... Spend some money at GBI and get
> Stan out of the natural food store and back into the business of building
> superior sailboats. (By the way, Stan does have sleeves, and they're loaded
> with surprise cards.)
>
> Joe Camp
> s/v John Dawson
> Bohemnia River, MD
>
>
>       From: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>  To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>  Sent: Friday, October 2, 2015 4:49 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Windward sheeting traveler
>
> I don't understand your complaint. Mine and everyone I've seen sheet to
> windward.
>
> Rick
>
> Regards,
>
> Rick
>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 4:17 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>
> > After many years of racing (and losing), hardware that I relied on and
> > would still enjoy using is a windward sheeting traveler. Perhaps in
> > the Rhodes 22 the stainless tube that connects the traveler and
> > backstay lines would need to be replaced with a custom bar that could
> > accommodate the ws traveler and backstays. I don't know.  In a
> > cruising boat it may be unnecessary fluff. Nonetheless, reaching to
> > adjust the traveler in both a breeze and a calm is a bit inefficient, I
> think. Any ideas?
> >
> > --
> > Jay Marshall Weiss
> > Hanali R22
> > Poughkeepsie, NY
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