Notice Rick said that he won the race!  It's not the equipment, it's the captain!

Also note that the poptop is up (the boom is in the upper position) and the boat is sailing flat due to proper trim.

I love that the race was won with the bimini flying as well.  Creature comfort is important.

Mike
s/v Wind Lass ('91)
Nissequogue River, NY

-----Original Message-----
From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of Rick Lange
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2019 2:10 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Vang bail

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


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/
> > >>
> >
> >
>