[Rhodes22-list] a boisterous sail

[Shawn Boles]

Hi Reuben:

Chris is a good teacher and a fine sailor. He let me sail Enosis before I
bought Sweet Baboo.

So Chis, are you willing to talk a little about sail balance in 15+ winds?
In the first photo,  if you dropped the boom, leaving jib as is, would you
pull out more main and/or change traveler setting?

Cheers,
Shawn
s/v Sweet Baboo



On Tue, Mar 23, 2021, 8:58 AM Reuben Mezrich <reuben.mezrich at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Last Wednesday Chris Geankoplis drove over from Fort Pierce to go for a
> sail and give me some tips on how to sail and care for my new Rhodes 22.
> The winds were about 15 knots when we got out to Little Sarasota Bay from
> my harbor and rose to about 17 knots, with gusts to 20 knots (as measured
> by a hand held anemometer) as the afternoon went on. A neighbor in a
> motorboat passed by and took the pictures below.
>
> We had the boat well reefed down but still were doing 4 - 5 knots and
> occasionally getting up to 6 knots. Chris did most of the sailing -
> essentially single-handing as I provided rail beef and watched and learned.
> I was impressed by what the boat - and Chris - could do. I’ve been sailing
> a big boat (Island Packet 380) till I got the Rhodes last December and its
> entirely different.  This sail provided an “existence proof”  and showed me
> a skill to aspire to. I’m looking forward to it.
>
>
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