[Rhodes22-list] Captain Carl's question about height of pulpit?

[ben]

Carl,

That's quite a story.  Sounds like those particular officials are quite the
a-holes.

I'm sure that laws consistently classify sailboats with the motor running as
motor boats, and rightly so.  Nevertheless, the officers (mostly from local
towns on the lake) on my lake don't usually bother the sailors at all.  I
remember thinking once, "Maybe I shouldn't have waved to him with my hand
that's holding the beer," but no worries.  Who am I going to hurt at 4 kts
on a nice day?

I did have them come into an anchorage one evening to tell me that it was
going to really cold and make sure we were prepared not to freeze to death
overnight.  But they were friendly about it, and just checking to make sure
we weren't yahoos who hadn't checked the weather.

You may have mentioned it before, but where do you sail in Arkansas?  A lot
of my growing up was in Little Rock, and my family had a Catalina 22 and a
smaller boat that we took to many of the lakes in driving distance.

Ben S.

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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Captain Carl's question about height of pulpit?

Tootle wrote:
> Carl,
>
> Keeping in mind that the piping is round, so measurements are about.  From
> fiberglass on bow to bow pulpits furtherest edge is 27", from piping to
deck
> at forward support is 25+ inches on 1984 R22.
>
> A bow pulpit is not a necessity on a boat, there are many without.
>
> You may also want to increase your vocabulary, see (and scroll down):
> http://www.thepiratesrealm.com/pirate%20talk.html
>
> Ed K
>
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Thank you very much, that is just what I was looking for.
I know that a pulpit is not an absolute necessity, although here in 
Arkansas, I have been stopped by game and fish who told me that I need a 
rail for anyone to ride on the foredeck or they will give me a $200 
citation.

The following story very opinionated, probably because it is written 
from my point of view no puppies were drowned while filming etc...


We had been sailing on our local lake, which due to torrential rains was 
29 ft above normal, necessitating lowering our mast to get under a 
bridge to get to the windy half of our lake. After enjoying the higher 
wind for a few hours we noticed ominous clouds in the distance and 
decided to head back before conditions got nasty.By the time we got to 
the bridge, we were running (ha ha running in a sailboat) from a 
lightning storm (striking about every 15 seconds) and had to lower our 
mast again to go under a bridge . In an attempt to maximise our 
progress, I slowed to idling speed and we  lowered on the go, maybe not 
the normal way, but it worked pretty slick,which is why my son was on 
the deck, having just lowered it.
A white fishing boat came screaming up beside us with two guys in it 
waving at us, we waved back. Then started the yelling STOP THE BOAT! 
STOP THE BOAT! and it began to dawn upon me that these were probably 
game and fish officers and not just local fishermen even I could see no 
obvious markings on the boat. I guess they were thinking we were trying 
to flee or something (at 7 miles an hour) because they kept circling and 
yelling till I was able to come to a complete stop.They proceeded to 
lecture us on having the proper number of pfd's, identification etc... 
which we did. And "are you aware there is a $200 fine for someone riding 
up front without a rail?" uhhh no.     Keep in mind during all this, no 
rain yet, but the lightning is striking more often and closer as we sit 
there in it's direct path.They finally let us go with a stern warning to 
"never do that again." As if all that was not weird enough about 150 
feet from us there was some yahoo putting up a rope swing on the highway 
bridge, which I guess is much safer than riding 7 mph in the front of a 
boat without a rail.
They stopped the only boat on the lake with a lightning rod attached to 
it, running from lightning,to lecture us on boating safety. The irony 
was lost on them, I am sure.

BTW, I looked it up and that really is a law here in AR. which if your 
sailboat is under power it becomes classified as a motorboat and is 
subject to laws not applicable if you are just sailing.

live and learn, all that aside, I think the pulpits look cool and will 
give us something to hold onto while working with the jib (ours is 
hank-on for now) when the boat is pitching .

Geez I wrote a book.

Carl
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