[Rhodes22-list] Hammock

[Leland]

Mike & Art,

1.  Perfect hammock conditions.  Instead of being beaten about the boat or
falling in the water, you could comfortably swing back and forth with the
waves.  Isn't that the purpose of hammocks on boats?

2.  With my hammock, it looks like my head and feet might stay dry in a
knockdown but my fanny would get wet.  I would need to tie the hammock
tighter or lose a little weight in that area.

3.  Thereinto lies the problem.  Straight rum from the bottle might be safer
than an open beer.

I know you were joking about singlehanded-lazy-hammock sailing, but it got
me to thinking.  The biggest problem would be rail meat balance.  As the
boat would start to heel, your meat would swing where you wouldn't want it.

Lee


R22MikeW wrote:
> 
> Art,
> 
> That depends on the answers to these questions:
> 1. Why would you be in a hammock in those conditions?
> 2. Are you in the water? (swim)
> 3. Did the drink spill?
> 
> Mike
> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> Nissequogue River, NY
> 
> From: "Arthur H. Czerwonky" <czerwonky at earthlink.net> Sent: Monday,
> January 
> 12, 2009 2:17 PM
>> Mike,
>> Tell me what you would do in a knock down...
>> Art
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>>From: Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
>>>Sent: Jan 12, 2009 1:11 PM
>>>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Hammock
>>>
>>>An auto-tiller would round it out nicely.
>>>
>>>
>>>Michael D. Weisner wrote:
>>>> Lee,
>>>>
>>>> I never thought of single handed hammock sailing before!
>>>>
>>>> Since you can easily reach the tiller over your head, with the
>>>> mainsheet 
>>>> in
>>>> hand, access to the jib sheets as you rock left and right, and a mirror 
>>>> in
>>>> just the right place to enable you to view over the poptop and this 
>>>> could be
>>>> a whole new way to sail!  The only problem is that you might spill a 
>>>> drink.
>>>> I have a couple of months to work on that.
>>>>
>>>> Nice idea even when at anchor.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
>>>> Nissequogue River, NY
>>>>
>>>> From: "Leland" <LKUHN at cnmc.org> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 11:43 AM
>>>>
>>>>> Jerry, Art & Chet,
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried inserting an image but it said my 1.9MB pictures were too 
>>>>> large.
>>>>> I
>>>>> checked about 20 related picture-posting-troubleshooting posts in the
>>>>> archives and none helped, including Ed's.  Let's see if posting them
>>>>> on
>>>>> the
>>>>> Web works:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.msnusers.com/Rhodes22-AtEase/shoebox.msnw?albumlist=2
>>>>> http://www.msnusers.com/Rhodes22-AtEase/shoebox.msnw?albumlist=2
>>>>>
>>>>> The first picture should be just the hammock; the next one the hammock 
>>>>> is
>>>>> supporting my 150 pound son; on the last one it is supporting me 
>>>>> (weight
>>>>> more than 150 pounds).
>>>>>
>>>>> I tied the forward end of the hammock around the mast above a cleat. 
>>>>> I
>>>>> tied
>>>>> the aft end around the middle of the stern rail.  The stern rail
>>>>> flexed 
>>>>> a
>>>>> little when I got in the hammock, but it seemed plenty sturdy to 
>>>>> support
>>>>> my
>>>>> weight.  If there's a concern about damaging the stern rail, you could 
>>>>> tie
>>>>> the hammock next to the stern rail support by the ladder, or rig a
>>>>> line
>>>>> from
>>>>> the ring eyes on the stern.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lee
>>>>> 1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
>>>>> Kent Island, MD
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> chetc wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am a devout hammock camper and have given a little thought to how 
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> could be accomplished. I think you could hang a hammock from the mast 
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> bridle attached between the back stays...a Hennessy hammock might be 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> way to go here, since enter through a slit in the bottom of the 
>>>>>> hammock
>>>>>> and have a bug net and rain fly attached.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Of course, this assumes you are talking about a hammock for humans 
>>>>>> rather
>>>>>> than a gear hammock (our rhodes has a gear hammock attached to the
>>>>>> pegboard in the fore peak.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let me know what you come up with!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chet
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> cjlowe-2 wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Has anybody used a hammock on their Rhodes-22?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jerry Lowe
>>>>>>>
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