[Rhodes22-list] list admin-Michael's Measurements

[L. Sailor]

OOPS...made a mistake..(too many phone calls while I
was trying to write that...)

Let's try that last paragraph again...

I would average the 59" & the 47" & get 53" as the
measurement between the transom & the side stay . ,
altho the transom at 47" is obviously the lowest
point.....

elle

--- "L. Sailor" <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> OK, Michael,
> 
> Here is the definitive scoop on the measurements. I
> had to get inventive as it was raining & wind was
> blowing & everyone had left...(I held the tape with
> my
> foot to get the right angle). It was quite a ballet!
> 
> I measured from three places on the boat to the
> ground, then measured the height of the blocks under
> the keel and subtract that from the first number.
> 
> At the bow, it was 76" to the ground; the blocks at
> the FRONT of the keel were 15" high, so the
> measurement is 61" to the front of the keel.
> 
> Amidships, at the side stay, the measurement was 72"
> to the ground; the blocks were 13" high, so the
> measurement is 59" to the middle of the keel.
> 
> At the right rear corner of the transom (couldn't
> get
> to the middle of the rear as there was a HUGE
> puddle)the height was 60" from the ground; the
> blocks
> again were 13"; leaving 47" to the bottom of the
> keel.
> 
> If you are looking for the measurement, as you said,
> to where the boat would take on water, I would go
> with
> 60" (between the side stay & the transom), as that
> would be the lowest point on the boat.
> 
> (Thanks to Kevin H., whose lovely R-22 was the
> specimen I used!)
> 
> elle
> 
> 
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