[Rhodes22-list] Muireann swims!

[elle]

Mike,

Really nice! Congrats! 

elle

We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


--- On Mon, 8/4/08, Mike Cheung <mikecheung at att.net> wrote:

> From: Mike Cheung <mikecheung at att.net>
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list]  Muireann swims!
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Date: Monday, August 4, 2008, 12:15 PM
> We spent yesterday afternoon out on Muireann after launching
> from Edgewater
> Park on the near west side of Cleveland's lakefront. 
> The launch ramps are
> pretty close to ideal except they're heavily used. 
> Even so, we had no
> particular difficulty fitting into the launch or retrieve
> mix.  A fair
> number of powerboats passed us up in the launch line while
> we rigged the
> boat.  It took just about an hour.  It was my second time
> rigging and the
> Admiral's first.  Takedown and rigging for the road
> took about the same.  
> 
> Here's a shot of the Cleveland skyline from outside the
> breakwall just after
> we got underway heading east
> 
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p18814437/PICT0003.jpg 
> 
> Here's the Admiral, Mary, at the helm
> 
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p18814437/PICT0005.jpg 
> 
> And yours truly at the helm
> 
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p18814437/PICT0012.jpg 
> 
> and one last shot of the Cleveland skyline as we were
> headed back toward the
> ramps sailing just past Cleveland eastbound and turning
> back
> 
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p18814437/PICT0013.jpg 
> 
> This last image forms the basis for one of a couple
> questions I have for the
> group.  There are two possible ways of mounting the bimini.
>  One, as we did
> yesterday, has the continuous frame piece forward and the
> two jointed frame
> sections aft.  The other would be just the opposite.  Is
> there a right way?
> 
> Second, when retrieving Muireann, at a comparatively steep
> ramp, the bow met
> the trailer post right at the winch at about the level of
> the rubrail, just
> below.  After strapping to the winch and tightening,
> Muireann ended up about
> 10 inches back of the winch once pulled from the water
> (slowly, just like
> the GB folks told us).  My question is whether anyone has
> rigged protection
> for the bow from possible scrapes and bangs from the winch?
>  It looks like
> Stan and company may be working on something, but I'd
> like to rig at least
> an interim solution ASAP and am looking for ideas.  I'm
> thinking a piece of
> carpet covered plywood with a slot cut for the bow eye and
> some sort of way
> to secure it to the lower anchor mount would be a good
> start.
> 
> Mike Cheung .... s/v Muireann 93/04/08 Rhodes 22
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