[Rhodes22-list] Small is Beautiful

[Peter Thorn]

Chris,

 

A wise sailor told me the best boat is the smallest one that will do "the
job".

 

 

Click here: Small is Beautiful by <http://www.quietboating.com/small.html>
Larry Brown 

 

 

BTW, in the late '70s my father owned a Rhodes 22 Continental he would
occasionally race and not do well.  Being a better engineer than racing
sailor, he devised an engineering solution to the problem of making the
Rhodes go faster to help him win races: he cut off the keel and installed a
500 # lead bulb on a 6' fiberglass daggerboard.    If Stan could replicate
this feat for you, it could solve all stability concerns (smile).   The
caveat is the daggerboard  consumed a lot of cabin space.  My mother never
set foot on that boat again.

 

Chris G has made you a very good offer and I hope you accept.  The R22 a
safe boat and any small boat is a bad place to be in a storm.  Chris can
tell you all about it.

 

PT

 

s/v Raven

Chapel Hill, NC