[Rhodes22-list] To Deploy & Board An Inflatable from a Rhode/DAN

[elle]

Hey, Dan,

Good to hear that you have slipped at Solomons.

Remember that there is always a slip here off the Potomac for you & Roxanne if you ever make it down here.

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 Wed, 1/7/09, Daniel Johnson <djohnson0671 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Daniel Johnson <djohnson0671 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] To Deploy & Board An Inflatable from a Rhode
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 6:36 PM
> Caesar,
> 
> We are new this season to the Rhodes 22 ourselves.  We
> bought an inflatable
> from Sea Eagle - not an expensive one so it has an
> inflatable bottom, not a
> hard bottom.  My wife and I had no difficulty getting in
> and out of it
> by looping a line from both bow and stern of the inflatable
> to the winch on
> the Rhodes and then stepping from the cockpit to the center
> of the
> inflatable.  We found this easier than the stern even
> though the freeboard
> is a little greater here - didn't have to contend with
> the stern rail this
> way.  Never a problem and never did we ship any water into
> the dinghy. Our
> inflatable is 8 feet long, so we inflate it on the
> foredeck.  The inflatable
> proved to be a great help in keeping the hull clean.  Our
> boat is in a slip
> at Solomons in Maryland and during the summer we found it
> helpful to go
> around the boat about once a week with a brush and cleaning
> off the
> waterline from the inflatable - with the brush on an
> extension I can reach
> all the way to the keel.
> 
> Can't help you with the GPS question - we don't
> have one yet
> 
> Dan Johnson
> 
> 
> On 1/7/09, Caesar Paul <caesarpaul01 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Brad & Anyone else out there,
> >
> > A few questions.
> > How does one safely deploy and board an inflatable
> boat from the
> > Rhodes?  Mary Lou, I remember reading that you use one
> occasionally; How do
> > you do it without taking an unplanned plunge?
> >
> > Second question: Has anyone been usiing a Garmin GPS
> 76Cx, what's your
> > experience, and would you recommend it? I want to get
> a topographical card
> > for this unit both for hiking and coastal navigation. 
> There is an SD card
> > that covers the entire US, and there are cards for
> specific areas; are the
> > detail the same in both types?
> >
> > Then one can get the infomation on CD which is read on
> your computer and
> > can be uploaded to your GPS unit, and the SD cards
> that can only be read
> > from your GPS; What's the best way to go?
> >
> > Caesar
> > "Gentle Breeze"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Brad Haslett
> <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Is There A Glitch With
> the List
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 11:25 AM
> >
> > Yeah,
> >
> > There is a glitch with the list!  It's called the
> "Fairness
> > Doctrine".
> > "Da List" was always on the cutting edge of
> news and politics until
> > someone got their feelings hurt because someone else
> insulted the
> > Chocolate Baby Jesus from Chicago. Be careful what you
> wish for!
> >
> > Chocolate Baby Jesus is safe.  The Rhodes 22 list is
> dead.
> >
> > Good work Rummy!  Thanks for inviting me back the last
> time the list was
> > dead.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Caesar Paul
> <caesarpaul01 at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi Michael,
> > > I have not recieved any mail for a few days now. 
> Is the problem with me
> > or the List?
> > >
> > > Thanks for all that you do.
> > >
> > > Caesar
> > >
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