[Rhodes22-list] Docking "Breaks"

[Steve Alm]

Rummy,

I HAVE thrown my anchor over in a too-fast-landing!!!  :-O

This is just the way I think, because of too many times coming in and my
motor DIES just at the worst possible moment.  ARRRGG!!!  RAISE THE MIZZEN
AND LOWER THE GUN'LS!!  AVAST!!  NEVER TRUST A BLOODY OUTBOARD!!!  Also, my
dock is too shallow for a board-down landing and there is typically a lot of
weeds in the shallows.  The weeds slow me down a little but also foul the
prop and rudder and contribute to some control problems.  In a big wind, the
anchor doesn't seem like such a bad idea.  ;-)  I land under sail as much as
possible to avoid relying on the motor.  That's when the "breaks" come in
handy.

Let's face it, landing any boat nicely in a wind and/or current is an art.
I'm doing my best to expand the art :-)  :-)  and I take heart that the R22
can be run right up on the beach if I screw up that badly.  Lucky for me my
beach is sandy :-)

Slimmy

On 1/14/03 5:49 PM, "R22RumRunner@aol.com" <R22RumRunner@aol.com> wrote:

> Slim,
> I'm sorry, but throwing a bucket overboard and dropping your ladder to slow
> down sounds rather silly to me. If the motor is sized and proped correctly
> you wouldn't have that problem in the first place. Hell, why not just throw
> the anchor out while your at it? The R22 has a hull speed which is easily
> reached with many different hp ratings. Beyond that it takes a great deal of
> power to go much faster which I believe is a tremendous waste of gasoline. I
> still maintain that the 9.9 is to much engine and weighs to much for the
> advantages you all profess......yes call me stubborn, but I don't have the
> problems you all experience and I have to make a 180 to make it to my dock in
> rather tight quarters.
> The 8hp Tohatsu must have a slower idol speed and a better prop matched for
> my needs than some of you have.
> 
> Rummy
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