[Rhodes22-list] Two issues (boat-related)

[Rick Lange]

John,

Try a tiller-tamer for #2.  Its also very handy while sailing.

Rick

> 1.  The place I have my boat at now has a smaller launch than the last one
> did.  The launch rub rail (depending on loading) is sometimes below the
> rub
> rail on the boat, and can ride under the hull flare.  The launch fenders
> thus do not provide much protection.
>
> The only solution I have come up with is to keep fenders hanging out on my
> boat in port at all times or figure out a way to deploy them from the
> launch.  Either the "L" shaped bass boat style or round balls might work
> well to protect the vulnerable area.
>
> Anyone have a better idea?  I think having fenders out all the time would
> look ugly, and provide temptation to steal.
>
> 2.  Next question:  I have been using the rudder blade "uphaul" (for lack
> of
> a better word) tied to the stern rail as back up to keep the raised rudder
> from swinging and hitting the raised outboard.  It seemed to me I saw
> Elton
> do this, but maybe I am wrong.  The tiller line came free and the edge of
> the rudder  cam cleat bracket sawed through the line.  Temporarily fixed
> with a bowline until I haul within the next few weeks. Does anyone have a
> good low-cost solution to this?  The broom clip-hiking stick solution
> never
> really worked for me, even before I replaced my hiking stick with a
> thicker
> one.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim Connolly
> s/v Inisheer
> '85 recycled '03
>
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