[Rhodes22-list] FW: Toy or Tools

[michael meltzer]

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[mailto:mailman-bounces at www.rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of bill davidge
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 8:42 PM
To: rhodes22-list-owner at rhodes22.org
Subject: Toy or Tools

 

Matt
        Stan knows more abouts The Rhodes ,,, than I  ever will ..  Saying
that ,  the GPS is a tool not a toy .Yes the Rudder and Center Board will
tell when you are in shallow water but that may be to late.  I can tell you
a story about being pushed into a sand bar  3 miles from shore by 20 kts
winds and being rocked by 3 and 4 ft. waves but I don't think that's what
you want to here . 
     I have a Garmin 498 which  has a very good chart of all of the Great
Lakes plus more from the factory , just plug it in . It takes about a min.
for the satellites to find  me no mater If I'm on Lake Erie or on Tampa
Bay.Accurate to about 1ft .Also what the normal  water depth is . That's
when the Sonar helps. The wind will lower the water table, sometimes, up to
2 ft in an hour  on the western  end of  the lake .
     Along with the GPS one tool you may think about is Stan's Mast Hoist
System . The Mast with the IMF and the 175 Furling. is very  heavy and a
little hard to handle with 2 people. 
 
 Good Luck  Bill Davidge