[Rhodes22-list] Problems with the launching of Carmie Anne

[Steve Alm]

Jim,
My motto:  Never trust an outboard!!!
Slim

On 7/15/03 10:37 PM, "LafingBear at aol.com" <LafingBear at aol.com> wrote:

> I finally got the boat ready to launch after endless delays and a death in
> the family. My daughter and her husband came down from Mass. and we had one
> day 
> to get her in the water. It was Sat. it,was windy, it was choppy, and the
> marina was crowded.   After backing her off the trailer there was no room to
> turn 
> her around, so I kept backing her out between the two rows of big boats.
> Because of the heavy chop, the motor kept bobbing up out of the water and just
> as I 
> got ready to reverse direction ,the motor quit. The wind was between 1-15kts
> and I'm now driftng rapidly towards the docked boats. I had removed my light
> anchor to replace the chain and I didn't have time to drop the main anchor.
> Sooo, I told my daughter to drop the centerboard all the way(  it would act as
> a 
> brake as I  went up on the gravel shoreline and it would straighten out the
> boat so I had some steerage.) There was one open slip at the end of the docks
> and I got the boat close enough to get a line over a post and we  stopped her
> just four feet from the shore. Neat way to start the season!!. I have now
> ordered a long shaft 4cycle Mercury as my other motor is burned out and not
> trustworthy. I was amazed at how fast a motor can seize up! Live and learn,
> and don't 
> forget!
> For those of you who sail on Lake Wallenpaupack, in Pa., the Carmie Anne has
> a dark blue hull, red rubline, and white topsides and she's docked at Woodland
> Hills, next to the Cove Haven resort. I'll be up at the lake most of August
> and would like to meet up with the other Rhodies on the lake.
> Jim Gifford
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