[Rhodes22-list] A Very Blustery Day!

[Mary Lou Troy]

Hank,
What did you see for waves? Might not have been too bad as I think it 
reversed direction when the front came through. I hate trying to sail 
in the rollers that build up after a day of more of 15+-20+

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD

At 08:50 AM 10/29/2007, you wrote:
>Good Morning Rhodies,
>
>Well, yesterday I took my two kids, Charlie (8) and Andrea (7), out for a
>nice sail and the forecasted winds of 12-14 knots were more like 20-25
>knots!  Started off with the boom in the lower position and about 75% of the
>main and 75% of the Jib.  A couple of buried rails later dropped to 50% main
>and 50% jib and then we were just fine.  Had a great time although a bit
>chilly, temps in the high 50s/low 60s, but the sun was out.
>
>The kids had a great time although Andrea did freak out a little when we
>buried the rail so far that water came over the coaming into the cockpit!
>
>Have a great day!
>
>Hank
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