[Rhodes22-list] Watermusic sings!

[Joseph Hadzima]

Hi Wally

yes I expect the Irwin & Rhodes to handle differently
(though I haven't sailed in a Rhodes yet - only got to sit
in one trailered at the Annapolis show).  

I only wrote about the Irwin assuming people expect the
bigger boat to be a tad more stable than the Rhodes; and
yet I still keep to windward while at the helm, just
because, as you said "things can change quickly" :-)  And
like the Rhodes, the Irwin has it's main sheet and traveler
just behind the helm, so it's easy to keep a hand on each.

Sometimes I sit directly behind the wheel, when we are
sailing flat or motoring out of the river into the bay. 

happy WEEKEND! Hope you get to out today!



--- TN Rhodey <tnrhodey at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Joseph,
> 
> Hopefully you will not expect the R22 and the Irwin 37 to
> behave the same 
> ......very different boats. If any one knows how fast
> things can change it 
> is Rummy.....this is true on many sailboats.
> 
> 
> Wally
> 
> >From: Joseph Hadzima <josef508 at yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Watermusic sings! Date:
> Fri, 26 Jan 2007 
> >14:25:37 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >
> >YIKES! Rummy, say it isn't true!  The Admiral (and CFO)
> was
> >under impression that the Rhodes22 was the most stable
> boat
> >a float!   And now you say it can quickly "go from flat
> >sailing to healing UNCONTROLLABLY" (or is it rum that
> >causes the uncontrollable part)?
> >
> >I know Paula isn't very fond of the Flying Scott for
> that
> >"toss about feeling" - but the FS always seems to have a
> >slippery deck, and changing sides during a tack is often
> a
> >pain in the knee (and I have the scars to prove it).
> >
> >Even on an Irwin 37 CC, I sit to the windward side of
> the
> >wheel, when at the helm; I guess we'll find out just how
> >uncontrollable a characteristic this is during April (we
> >plan to go to GBI and rent one for a night or two before
> we
> >buy), and see if the CFO lets the check book fall
> overboard
> >during the test runs.