[Rhodes22-list] Northern Pull

[Saroj Gilbert]

Good shake, Robert.... I'm fortunate in having my spare tire mounted near 
the trailer winch to stand on, so I never get my feet wet unless I'm hauling 
solo... you might consider doing that... I fully understand wanting to 
extend the season a long as possible... I once pulled out of Lake Michigan 
on 12/10 in a snow squall... hope never to do that again... In SE VA now so 
don't even need to take her out... but plan to this month to get to some 
repairs.

Saroj

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Dobson" <robertdobson777 at yahoo.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 11:10 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Northern Pull


> Another sad report from the North. Saturday AM, I put
> Kel Lee on the Hard. I and my hardy wife got to the
> boat at 7am at 43 degrees and no wind on Lake Geneva,
> Wisconsin. We have it on a public buoy in town. With
> dingy in tow, we set out across the lake for the mile
> and a half trip. The buoy is in a rather protected
> area from North winds. As soon as we cleared the area
> the winds shot up to 15 plus. At 40 degrees that is
> not a pretty sight.Two sweat shirts and a stocking cap
> is not my idea on appropriate sailing gear. 45 minutes
> later we approached our dock and launch only to see a
> power boat fisherman had pull up on the end of the
> dock,my only available holding area til I could get my
> turn at the launch. In these condition no sensible
> people should be out.(I don't think fisherman are
> sometimes much smarter than the fish)  After circling
> a bit, he finally left and I headed for the dock. The
> wind shifted to from the northeast and I was coming up
> on the dock straight east. Sounded like a good plan
> but I came up short on the dock because of the wind
> and had to fight to get the boat from hitting the
> first boat in the first slip. I final rapped it around
> the dock and winds held me very tight to the dock .
> Thank God for bumpers. I almost did not need to tie
> off.
>   For the third year in a row I am asking myself, Why
> am I waiting this long in the short season to pull? We
> are required to have the boat off the buoy by Oct 15.
> Last Saturday was a great sail  with good wind and 87
> degrees. So I got nailed again . Rummy,  move over I
> am coming South.
>   My Son finally showed up at the launch with trailer
> 8:45. So I meet him and set up the extender on the
> trailer. Told him to put it in to have the bulks about
> 6" out of the water. I headed for the boat, untied and
> swung her in to the wind and around the end of the
> dock with the wind at my back. To get into the launch
> required a zig zag maneuver to get in position. The
> winds were up to 20 by this time,so I am coming with
> no brakes,except for reverse on my 8hp. motor.
> Amazingly I did it better than I parked the car.
>   I have in the past had a problem getting the boat
> far enough forward on the trailer. This time I studied
> all the comments on the list and followed your advice.
> It worked. The extender on the trailer changes the
> angle to lessen the distance between the stern of the
> boat and angle that the boat is in the water. I had to
> get in the water to crank her all the way up to the
> bow support.The water was actually very a nice
> temperature compare to the rest of the conditions. My
> son pulled out 1 foot and I cranked. I did this 3
> times ,one foot at a time and experienced very little
> slip-age . I have a single axle Triad and she is
> sitting in the position where the the back part of the
> third cabin window is over the axle. Tow weight seams
> great although I only go a mile or so to winter
> storage. The other thing I did was to spray the bulks
> one week earlier with a can of "Liquid Rollers" I am
> not sure, but I think it helped. Just a pre-caution, I
> used ty-downs. Anyway ,by 10:02 she was de-rigged and
> resting comfortable "On the Hard"   Each time you
> really get better and more efficient at it. End of
> Northern Tail.
>
>
>
>
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