[Rhodes22-list] Reply to Wally about trailer and ship

[Bruce Chisholm]

Ed,
    Those pictures were taken late fall just prior to going into winter 
storage.  We sail out of North Point Marina on Lake Michigan. North 
Point is located at the corner of  Illinois, Wisconsin and Lake 
Michigan. The winter storage facility is next to the marina. The storage 
facility haul the boat out with a giant forklift and while in the air, 
they pressure wash the bottom. They then put the boat on the trailer. I 
haul it home, give it a through cleaning, and then take it back to the 
storage facility.  Compass Rose is a 1999 R22 bought new from GB. BTW, 
it doesn't have captains chairs, only the curvy stern rail.

Bruce

Tootle wrote:

>Wally:
>     I was impressed with the looks of Bruce's yacht.  More so when you see
>it is an older boat with the famous captain's chairs.  Bruce, since you have
>it on the trailer, bring it down to where the warm winds blow.
>     When I saw the pictures, my first thought it was top heavy and unsafe. 
>It would take more than water ballast to keep that boat upright in a blow. 
>If it does use water ballast, maybe the valves were open and the water
>shifted.  Just like what happens in a water ballast sailboat.
>      Again, three cheers for Bruce's boat.
>
>Ed K
>Greenville, SC, USA
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