[Rhodes22-list] Rik and Sailing the open ocean in a Rhodes

[Joseph Hadzima]

Well I do know of someone that brought back photos and even
a video of their trip from Annapolis to Bermuda on a 44
foot cutter.  He did say it was an Adventure.

BTW, I think I did apologies for my miss-type in my
original email two days ago regarding a request for Slim to
recall a non-existent trip.

--- Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:

> Thank you, Richard.
> 
> Bermuda and the Bahamas both start with a "B" but they
> are very 
> different problems.  Bermuda is over 600 miles from the
> US, and it's a 
> tough sail.  Lots of people do it on larger boats than a
> Rhodes.  Lot's 
> of people die trying.
> 
> I've been offered a berth on a good sized boated
> captained by a friend 
> who knows what he's doing.  I declined.  (So far, he
> hasn't gone either.)
> 
> Bill Effros
> 
> Richard Smith wrote:
> > Because some one sailed a 15 foot boat from the US to
> Hawaii does not mean
> > that another larger boat could safely sail from the US
> to Bermuda.
> >
> > 1:  The Bermuda passage requires sailing in the Gulf
> Stream.  When a
> > northerly blows (it does frequently) conditions in the
> stream become
> > extremely hazardous for smaller vessels.  The passage
> to Hawaii on the other
> > hand is mostly down wind, imbedded for a time  in the
> Humboldt Current which
> > also flows south.  The guy's description on the
> Montgomery site experienced
> > mostly, some times largish, following seas but not the
> vicious chop that can
> > occur on the Bermuda passage.  He even slept so
> conditions must have been
> > relatively tranquil.
> >
> > Just because the Montgomery is much smaller then a
> Rhodes does not mean its
> > not an able sea boat.  In fact with its low rig, split
> head sails and
> > relatively deep rounded bottom it may be a more
> suitable vessel for ocean
> > voyaging (one person only).
> >
> > For what its worth... I have never read of a voyage by
> a small sailboat fro
> > Hawaii to the US.  Boats are generally shipped back to
> the US as deck cargo
> > rather then endless beating into the prevailing
> northerlies.
> >
> > No one boat can be all things.  I owned a Rhodes and
> thought it was a great
> > boat but I would never use it for an ocean passage.
> >
> > Richard Smith
> >
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