[Rhodes22-list] She floats!

[Tom Van Heule]

I agree with Peter, my clew is often pulled back to the aft cabin bulkhead,
also gets hung up on the upper eyelet of the life rail....  I can't see it,
on paper, working with the 175%?

Then again I sail in ⁸ to ²⁵ winds so far... But she is so much more stable
heeled over.

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020, 8:43 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> Mark,
>
> I’m far from an expert on such things, but my guess is that a jib  small
> enough to be self tending is too small to be a good general purpose
> headsail for the boat.
>
> Let us know what you think after you’ve had a chance to sail her some.
>
> —Peter
>
> > On Aug 28, 2020, at 8:18 PM, Mark Whipple <mark at whipplefamily.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Rob,
> >
> > Thanks. I'm not sure I'm going to keep all the bells and whistles, but
> > we'll see. At a minimum the saildrive will stay until I can't fix it
> > anymore. I may remove the self-tending jib and the wheel this winter
> since
> > they need painting. Whether they get reinstalled remains to be seen.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
> >
>
>