[Rhodes22-list] Stout Boat Hook

[Wally Buck]

Ed,

Well you get what you pay for. I bought the cheapest thing I could find, 
when it breaks I wll get a nicer one.

I forgot to mention yesterday was the first day I was able to sail all the 
way to my slip. My marina is protected in an inlet that has very narrow 
winding creek/channel that is about 3/4 of a mile long. In some places the 
width is less than 25 yards of so. All the trees and hills make is senseless 
to try and sail so I usually do what every one else does; sail up to the 
inlet, furl sails and motor in.

I noticed as I came down the river on a beam reach that I might have a shot 
of sailing through the narrows. The wind was really blowing and I decided to 
try and sail in. I lowered the motor just in case the wind died or a bunch 
of cruisers decided to excite inlet. I kept up my speed and turned in 
falling off to a broad reach than a run (wing on wing at times). I popped 
through the narrows and then wind picked back up letting me sail the rest of 
the to the marina. I headed up a little and furled the main right before I 
made the 90 degree turn into my row. I luffed up a little, furled the genny, 
and coasted down my row making the final hard right into my slip.

You got to love the easy handling Rhodes!

I just finished coat 4 on my tiller. I am trying to decide it I want to head 
out to the lake .......

Wally





>From: "Kroposki" <kroposki@innova.net>
>Reply-To: kroposki@innova.net,The Rhodes 22 mail list 
><rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Stout Boat Hook
>Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 10:27:54 -0500
>
>Wally:
>       I have one with interchangeable ends also, but I don't think mine
>was cheap.  The brush has not fallen off yet.  It works good for washing
>the rudder, and bottom that I can reach from the dock while the boat is
>in the water.  I have had it a couple of years now.
>                     Ed K
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org
>[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Wally Buck
>Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 9:48 AM
>To: rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Stout Boat Hook
>
>Actually it is a piece of junk. One of those cheap types that you can
>put
>different ends on like brushes or boat hook. All the brushes fall off
>when
>you scrub hard. It makes a better tiller! :)
>
>I did lash it down with quite a bit of line. The R22 has a pretty light
>helm.
>
>Wally
>
> >From: "Kroposki" <kroposki@innova.net>
> >Reply-To: kroposki@innova.net,The Rhodes 22 mail list
> ><rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> >To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Stout Boat Hook
> >Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 09:35:53 -0500
> >
> >
> >Wally,
> >	You must have a stout boat hook.
> >
> >	Hey, you Rhodies up north, with the lake level way up my marina,
> >
> >http://familyoutdoors.com/pages/bigwater.htm
> >
> >has lots of open slips, does accept transients, come on down!
> >                   Ed K
> >
> >
> >
> >
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