[Rhodes22-list] Heading South on Saturday

[Roger Pihlaja]

Bryan,

Have a great trip!  We all can't wait to hear about your adventure.

I'm glad the refinish on the inflatable dingy floorboards worked out for
you.

With your limited time and assuming you didn't have a heated space to pull
the boat & trailer into in order to work on the trailer, shifting the gear
around to give you more tongue weight was undoubtably the right call.  Your
setup/takedown times will be a little bit longer; but, you will be safe on
the road.  You can always work on the trailer next summer.

I've had to trailer Dynamic Equilibrium over 1000 miles twice in the winter.
Even if you lucked out with weather & had mud flaps on the trailer, the boat
will be totally covered in road grime by the time you get to Florida.  Just
be certain to seal everything up as good as you can before you hit the road
and run the boat & trailer thru a coin operated car wash as soon as you
reach warmer weather.  Note, be especially certain to protect the genoa
sheet winches, the bearings on the roller furler, and your outboard if it is
still mounted on the transom.  HD plastic bags and duct tape from the
hardware store work well for this.

Again, Bryan, have a great time!  I wish I was going with you.  This deep
freeze up here in Michigan is getting a little old.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bryan Childs" <bchilds1 at peoplepc.com>
> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 8:56 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Heading South on Saturday
>
>
> > Well the Rhodes is packed up and sitting out front of my Michigan home
and
> > ready to head south to Florida.  The coating of the dingy floor board
with
> > the West resin came out just great. There was a lot of sanding.  I
haven't
> > put the final coat of paint on it but that can wait until spring.
> >
> > I packed all the gear in the V birth area and it trailered OK when
coming
> > down from northern Michigan, even through a winter blizzard.  I noticed
> > that I need some mud flaps on the trailer since the side of the hull is
> > covered with the road slush.
> >
> > Putting in at Key Largo on Feb 28 after spending a month in Fort Myers
> > with my non sailing wife.  Will send pictures.
> >
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