[Rhodes22-list] Elle's Reply

[L. Sailor]

Thanks for the story, Mark. Don't ya just love the
versaility of the R-22?? ;^)

Stan & Dido used a skipper's seat for my helm
seat...they've mounted it on the lazarette...altho'
they've had to add some reinforcement to the laz hatch
 to support the weight of the seat....;^)

(And an extra rudder pin will go in my box of spares.)

elle

--- Mark Skapinker <marks at brightspark.com> wrote:

> Elle Hi,
> 
> I bought a Rhodes 22 three/four years ago and it
> came with a wheel from
> the previous owner.
> I have had my "ups and downs" with it. On the whole,
> it is great and I
> have excellent control over the boat. I get a lot of
> "stares" from other
> boats because it makes a 22' Rhodes look like a much
> bigger boat. (Of
> course, when they see the rest of the incredible
> features, then they get
> REALLY jealous). 
> 
> The only bad experience I had was one day this
> summer. When I launched
> my boat this year (I am in Toronto, Canada so full
> winterizing is
> standard here), my trusty marina store suggested a
> new pin for the
> rudder. Sure enough, on a very windy day this summer
> with 2 newbie
> sailors on the boat with me, the new rudder pin
> broke. Well, as you can
> imagine, the entire rudder started flapping round
> and I went in circles.
> Because of the wheel, I could not figure out how to
> make any type of
> emergency rudder (although Stan and Elton did show
> me something a while
> back that I forgot). So, I simply used the ropes to
> completely remove
> the rudder from the water and lowered the outboard
> engine and used that
> as a rudder to get home. We were always safe and the
> ease of lifting the
> rudder made it all easy. One new rudder pin at home
> and we were on our
> way again!
> 
> I have Stan's "skipper's swivel seats" on either
> side and the only way
> to steer and sit on the seat with a wheel is with
> your feet. In
> reasonably calm waters, it is fun and quite comfy.
> 
> Enjoy and good luck!
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
>

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