[Rhodes22-list] speaking of lightning,

[stan]

Phil had passed on by then so we dropped the R-22 lines onto the floor and 
Haydn Gozzard (brother of the guy who makes the big Gozzard boats in Canada) 
tried to make the 22 into a 26.  The initial test of the empty hull with 
tacked on deck suggests that he may have outdone the 22.  Finished it will 
weight much more so performance may vary but the test was made with the 
small R-22 mast and sails.

ss

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Skinner" <robert at squirrelhaven.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] speaking of lightning,


> stan wrote:
>> ... we broke water at the ramp to launch our new 20 year
>> old baby (who weighed in at 26'-7") to test the notion
>> that newborns sail instinctively...
>
> Stan, as my admiration of GBI and its offspring
> does not go back 20 years, would you be so kind
> as to bring me (and a hundred other newbies) up
> to speed on your 20-year project boat?
>
>> Under canvassed we flew through the water without leaving
>> a wake (or sitting shiver), we turned on a dime (OK, would
>> you believe a quarter) in either direction.  I could discern
>> no slippage.  The performance was flawless as we sailed into
>> the narrow harbor opening, made a sharp starboard move around
>> the end of the breakwater pilings coming about into a wind
>> from behind destined-smash-into-the-dock course, only to make
>> a perfect turn for a gentle dockside landing.  I was going to
>> have to build this dam boat...
>
> OK, now you really have me hooked.  What is this
> beauty who stirs you to rapturous declamation?
> How can she sail if she is not built?  Is this a
> purely Spitzer hull design?
>
> /Robert
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