[Rhodes22-list] Introduction and Thanks

[Gregg J. MacMillan]

>Unfortunately, one of the most expensive things on the Rhodes 22 can
>be the IMF mast.

Ed--

Thanks for the heads up. I was pretty sure it was going to be an 
expensive purchase. The mast, being mounted on top of the boat, took 
a pretty good blow when it rolled over. There is a pretty good sized 
dent about half way up the mast. It doesn't seem to affect the normal 
operation of the IMF, but it does make it impossible to remove the 
furling mechanism. The sails are not in great shape, so I think we'll 
have to replace everything soon.

Regarding the accident, I don't know too much more than what I posted 
earlier. I do know it was a 2" ball. According to my brother, who 
does a lot more towing than I do, he has heard of a number of 
failures to trailer balls that were made in China. (He claims you see 
them at flea markets for $1.79) According to him, they tend to harden 
the entire ball, not just the outside, and the balls become brittle. 
The failures he has been more familiar with are when the ball itself 
sheared off. In this case, the nut stripped off. When we picked up 
the boat, it was definitely not balanced correctly on the 
trailer...practically no tongue weight. I suspect that was a big part 
of the problem.

>You can send email photos right from iPhoto 5 (use Share menu) or 
>save them to the desktop as jpegs from other versions and then send 
>as attachments with Mail.

Jim--

I do have/use iPhoto, and come to think of it, it probably does do 
most, if not all, the things that Picasa does. Thanks for the 
reminder. I did take Hank up on his offer to try gMail from Google 
and think I will be switching over my mail lists to my gMail address 
because of its indexing features.

The last photos I attached apparently didn't go thru. They are jpgs, 
and not all that big, but I'll make them smaller and attach them 
again to see if that works.

--Gregg

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