[Rhodes22-list] opinions on (horizontal) full batten mainsail

[ROGER PIHLAJA]

Jessie,

I’ve never raced under the Portsmouth handicapping rules and am not familiar with them.  In Arkansas, we could use spinnakers.  Upwind, I lost ground to the J-22’s with their deep fin keels and ¾ bendy rigs.  On the reaching legs, we were fairly evenly matched.  On a run, I could pull up the centerboard, thus reducing my wetted surface area.  When we both popped our spinnakers & I raised our centerboard, I could reel them in like they were anchored!  Often, the J-22’s & I would get into a gybing match with them attempting to keep up by blanketing our sails with their wind shadow.  We were usually able to shake them off after a couple of gybes.  So, our races would usually involve us trying to keep the J-22’s in range on the upwind legs with good strategy, status quo on the reaching legs, and then a drag race come from behind on the downwind legs.  We would come up from astern, aim our wind shadow at the boat ahead to collapse their chute, then gybe away and be gone!  It was great fun & Daniel just loved it.  Part of my problem on the upwind legs was my son Daniel at the helm.  At the time, he was 8 - 9 years old, weighed ~100 lbs, and didn’t have the upper body strength for sail trimming.  Daniel was a natural helmsman and the Rhodes 22 has such a lightweight, balanced helm; that, he could drive for the whole race without getting tired.  So, old dad was the sail trimmer.  But, the Rhodes 22 sails fastest when sailed as level as possible, almost like a big dingy.  Daniel just didn’t have enough meat on his bones to be very effective on the rail.  Before they changed my rating, it really used to piss off the other sailors when Daniel would ride on my shoulders when we stepped up to the podium!  He acted like a typical 8 year old boy.  I had to talk to him about good sportsmanship.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

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From: Jesse Shumaker<mailto:jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2020 9:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] opinions on (horizontal) full batten mainsail

Roger, it sounds like you have sailed a Rhodes 22 as fast as it will go!

I do some racing at the local club on Lasers, Snipes, and match racing on a
Santana 20.  I'm still a fairly new sailor (started in 2018), so I have a
lot to learn.

They are talking about holding a separate start for keelboats of all types.
In my Rhodes 22 (mine is has IMF and a 130 headsail, but no spinnaker), I'll
be up against some Catalina Capris and a Santana 20 that have spinnakers as
well as a Hunter 23 and perhaps a Precision 21 among others.

At our club they use Portsmouth D-PN instead of PHRF.  One of our club
members belongs to US Sailing and the only data he could find for the R22
was the following DPN values.  I don't know if those are based on a
conventional mainsail vs. IMF, and I don't know if that was including or
excluding the use of a spinnaker.

/Under “Offshore Classes” the “Pre-calculated D-PN Handicaps” for the Rhodes
22 (&Continental) are:
DPN: 100.20
DPN1: 101.20
DPN2: 100.60
DPN3: 99.80
DPN4: no data/

We sail on an inland lake rather than offshore as the note above references,
so I'm not sure if that would have an impact on ratings.

Has anyone else used these or other Portsmouth DPN values for a Rhodes with
an IMF and no Spinnaker?

My crew and I will have collective experience of several years, while the
fastest boat will likely be a fairly new Capri 22 co-owned by 3 experienced
sailors with over 60 years collective experience.  Two of those guys were
instructors that taught a couple of the sailing classes that I have taken.
If nothing else, I can learn a lot by watching them :)

Jesse Shumaker
S/V Zephyr




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