[Rhodes22-list] Lightning first boats

[Peter Thorn]

Chris,

Small world.  A Lightning, number 850, was my first boat too.  Actually, I
was only a 70 pound kid at the time and my father was the boat owner.  Our
first family boat, a Lippencott white cedar "sponge", with a wooden mast.  

We slipped the boat in Toms River, NJ.  The seller told him the wood would
swell up after a few days of soaking, but it never stopped leaking.  There
was always some bailing to do when we arrived at the marina.  Lightning...
no, it was more like a "Spark", because it probably weighed as much as two
Lightnings.  I will always remember relaxing on the foredeck, ghosting the
Barnegat while Captain Joe sailed us home into the sunset.  Great memories.

A score or so later he bought a  Rhodes.   

Thanks Chris,

PT



  

-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Chris Geankoplis
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:48 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] whiskerpole - reply to ED

I like the image of the Lightning spiniker.  It was my first boat and I flew
an old silk spinniker on ocassion.  Thanks for the detailed description,
gotta get me one of them!

Chris G
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tootle" <ekroposki at charter.net>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 4:00 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] whiskerpole - reply to Slim


>
> Slim:
>
> As you recall we used to have a member of this forum, aka, Roger P.  He
> strongly recommended for the 175 or even his 155 Genoa to use the heavy
> weight Forespare telescoping 6-12 Spinnaker pole and not use the tiny
> whisker pole.
>
> As per his recommendations, my boat has a eye for a block about 2/3 up the
> mast.  It is for holding the weight of the Spinnaker Pole.  The extra
sheive
> on top of the mast is used for the sail end of the pole to support the
> weight of the 175 Genoa Sail.  With a couple of preventor lines this
> combination holds the pole up, the sail out for light wind.  There is also
a
> removeable eye to attach the inner end of the pole to the mast.  Whether
it
> is used for Genoa or Spinnaker.  Just like the big boats.
>
> The eye on the mast and the line thru the sheive on top of the mast allows
> the pole to placed verticle against the front of the mast to get it out of
> the way.
>
> I have an old tiny sysmetrical spinnaker I bought off an old 'lightning
> racer' after he sold his boat [They are 19 feet, but race boats].  The
buyer
> would not give him anything for the sail when he sold the boat so he kept
> them and sold me one.  After several patches and many stitches I have a
> small light weight spinnaker.  It works when poling the Genoa does not.
It
> just takes a 2-3 mph wind to fill it out and take me home.  Slow but no
iron
> jenny.
>
> Roger's point was that a good gust of wind would bend a whisker pole.
> Rummy's method might require quick hands to save the pole.  He would have
to
> put down his drink to do it.
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
> attachment:
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p19638476/think%2Bpositive.gif
think+positive.gif
> -- 
> View this message in context:
http://www.nabble.com/whiskerpole---reply-to-Slim-tp19638476p19638476.html
> Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
> __________________________________________________
> To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go to
http://www.rhodes22.org/list
> __________________________________________________
>

__________________________________________________
To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go to
http://www.rhodes22.org/list
__________________________________________________

__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature
database 3469 (20080924) __________

The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

http://www.eset.com