[Rhodes22-list] A Very Blustery Day!

Leland LKUHN at cnmc.org
Mon Oct 29 13:27:56 EDT 2007


Elle,

If it's any consolation, I had more water in both my bilge and lazarette
than I've ever had in the two years that I've owned the boat.  She's been
completely dry after some pretty big rains, so I think it has more to do
with how hard the wind is blowing the rain.

Lee


Elle-3 wrote:
> 
> Yesterday was a good day to begin preparing for
> winter...& also had a lot of drying out to do...There
> was quite a bit of water (abt a gal) in the bilge &
> also a fair amt in the floor level cubby on the port
> side behind the sliding door. I could see where it had
> come in through the middle port. The laz had about 2
> gals which I pumped out.....
> 
> The cushions both in the cabin & in the V berth were
> wet as as well as the fabric behind the cushions & the
> floor carpeting. 
> 
> We had over 6" here...probably all at once...;^)
> 
> elle
> 
> --- Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hank,
>> 
>> You da man!  I checked the current wind condition on
>> Weatherbug yesterday
>> and it was over 30 mph.  Half of me wanted to go out
>> to improve my heavy
>> wind sailing ability and half of me thought it would
>> be more work than fun,
>> espcially getting in and out of the slip.  The lazy
>> half won as it usually
>> does.
>> 
>> Instead of retiring to the couch next time, I'll
>> call you for a pep talk.
>> 
>> Lee
>> 1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
>> Crab Alley (Kent Island, MD)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hank-5 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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> 
> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
> 
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