[Rhodes22-list] boom fixed

Tue Jun 3 15:19:48 EDT 2003

Thanks Michael and Rummy. With your detailed and comrehensive answers we were able to fix our boom and learn at the same time.

Ken Wise
Awaken
Trail Creek Marina
Michigan City, IN

 --- On Sat 05/31, Michael Meltzer < mjm at michaelmeltzer.com > wrote:
From: Michael Meltzer [mailto: mjm at michaelmeltzer.com]
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 22:13:18 -0400
Subject: Re: [ham] [Rhodes22-list] Extortion!

Na no Guido, he still has 5 years togo on this vacation at the bighouse. But I heard that is cousin vinny has some great knockoff's of the answer, could let you have them for 15 apeice. MJM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Alm" <salm at mn.rr.com> To: "Rhodes" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 5:41 PM Subject: [ham] [Rhodes22-list] Extortion! > Gee Whiz, Stan. You help us get our boats wet for free and then charge $25 > to get 'em out? This is a shake-down! What's next? Should I expect a big > fellow with a crooked nose named Guido to knock down my door demanding > protection money? > > How do you sleep at night? > > Slim > > On 5/31/03 7:46 AM, "General Boats" <wwrhodes at rhodes22.com> wrote: > > > All: > > > > Launching the Rhodes on a Rhodes trailer is a single handed job I have done an > > untold number of time all over the country - which suggests you may have to
 > > get > > to my age before you get it right.: > > > > make sure the cb and rudder are locked up. > > > > make sure the trailer winch is disconnected from the boat. > > > > use the extension tongue. > > > > slowly back down the ramp making a straight entry into the water. (I use a > > hitch > > on the front of the van to avoid neck strain and it lets me thread a needle.) > > > > start picking up speed. > > > > when the transom of the boat lifts off the trailer, apply the car breaks. > > > > the boat will self launch. > > > > dive in and swim after it using the transom boarding ladder. alternate single > > handed method it to have a sufficiently slack line to the boat with the other > > end to the ramp dock or to the trailer to retrieve the boat after it clears > > the > > trailer. I have used both methods successfully. the last swimming technique > > was fully dressed using an Australian racing s
 troke to board the boat before > > it > > hit a million dollar yacht in Newport Harbor. the technique was successful in > > spite of the a heart attack. > > > > try and do this operation single handed - using helpers only leads to > > laughing > > which is no good for people with broken ribs. helpers tend to panic as the > > boat > > leaves the trailer so they pull on the lines prematurely, returning the boat > > to > > the trailer. the driver is thus surprised to find the boat still on the > > trailer when he or she takes the trailer out of the water. > > > > in another instance the helper ran along the dock holding the boat line and > > off > > the end of the dock when the momentum of the boat leaving the trailer took the > > helper along with it.. I became aware of this when I no longer could see the > > helper anywhere. > > > > good luck. retrieving is even easier, however, while there is no charge for
 > > launching instructions, a voluntary $25 donation to the GBI foundation is > > required if you ever want to get a Rhodes out of the water. > > > > stan/gbi > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list > > __________________________________________________ > Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list > __________________________________________________ Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list

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