Shawn,

Here's one.  Without the bother of a vang, the traveler and main sheet were
easily used to match leach curves on a broad reach.  Pop top up, sailing
flat and won the race.

[image: RevSail2019a.jpg]

Regards,

Rick Lange



RevSail2019a.jpg

On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 1:29 PM Shawn Boles <shawn.sustain at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ric -
>
>  Got any pictures?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shawn
> s/v Sweet Baboo
>
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2019, 10:11 AM Richard Stott <ric at stottarchitecture.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The vang   can be a very important sail control for any point of sail
> > other than close-hauled.
> > I love using mine for broad reaching and dead down-  wing-n-wing.
> > Last year someone mentioned webbing straps with grommets at the mast
> step.
> > I bought some webbing and grommets for a few bucks.
> > The boat came with a simple vang that my dad used for a boom preventer.
> > Like most Rhodes - there was a bail on the boom but nothing to attach a
> > vang to at the mast.
> > It works great.
> > Ric
> > sv Dadventure
> > Hampton Bays
> >
> > Richard Stott, AIA, LEED AP
> > www.stottarchitecture.com
> > Office  631-283-1777
> > Cell            516-965-3164
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Aug 16, 2019, at 12:26 PM, Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Alex,
> > >
> > > I don't know what a vang can add to end-boom sheeting, especially with
> an
> > > IMF mainsail and its loose foot.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Rick Lange
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 10:57 PM S/V Lark <Colealexander at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> I bought a Vang this spring on sale.  I wanted to through bolt a bail
> to
> > >> the
> > >> boom and get a couple short straps with eyes to hook to the bolt on
> the
> > >> mast
> > >> step, so I could mount a vang when the top was down , or just tuck the
> > >> straps under the mast and leave the Vang in the drawer as desired.
> I
> > >> think somebody did something similar in the archives.   I have been
> > >> hesitant, mostly because I didn’t want to stress the gooseneck and
> lack
> > the
> > >> engineering to know the consequences.    I short tack too much to rig
> a
> > >> preventer style line with a fuse.  If nothing else the Vang is one of
> > the
> > >> few original parts on my alternate boat, therefore overdue to break.
> > I
> > >> know it wasn’t money wasted.
> > >>
> > >> APS decided nautical fashion is more lucrative then sailing.  I just
> > looked
> > >> at their 25% off everything sale and began to think again.    Does
> > anybody
> > >> have feedback?    What is the diameter of the boom extrusion?
> > >>
> > >> Alex
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -----
> > >> Alex Cole
> > >> S/V Lark
> > >> --
> > >> Sent from: http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/
> > >>
> >
> >
>