[Rhodes22-list] Height of pulpit?

[Linda Scott]

Carl,

I fabricated a new bow pulpit this fall for our 1984 Rhodes 22.  I used
aluminum electrical conduit, which is very close to the diameter of the
original aluminum tubing and is easy to bend (I could reuse the old cast
aluminum sockets that are bolted to the deck.  Aluminum rivets retain the
tubing in the sockets.)  Since we have no need to hang an anchor from the
pulpit, I duplicated the design of the pulpit on the Precision boats, or a
Colgate 26.  This design doesn't overhang the bow, so the tubing's less
vulnerable.  Of course, the pulpit won't act as a bumper, either.

I had a crosspiece tig-welded between the two legs.  This makes it
easier to support and contain the mast when the boat is being trailered.
The new bow pulpit might look best if you can match the height of the stern
rail, if your boat still has it.

I think this modification looks pretty good and the pulpit will be more
functional for our needs.  I don't have any photos; the boat's under tarp &
snow right now.  The Colgate 26 website has photos of what I tried to copy.

Steve

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Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 9:10 PM
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Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Height of pulpit?

Hello all,
I am new to the list, but have lurked round for about 1.5 years now. I 
bought John's old boat a little more than a year ago 
http://www.nabble.com/New-Guy-td5403773.html#a5412708 and we (myself, 
wife and 2 kids )  have been sailing quite a bit ever since.
which is one reason I have not posted, been too busy.we have made 4 
trips on the ocean and numerous ones in our local lake the longest being 
over the last Christmas break, 7 days and 7 nights sailing aransas bay, 
corpus christi bay and the ICW in between, with a bit of laguna Madre 
thrown in at the end.
We are very pleased with the handling of our boat, and have seen every 
type of weather from scorching hot sun whilst being becalmed, to a 50+  
(43 knot) squall in FL. The only real misadventures we have had have 
been self inflected, but we have been learning very valuable 
lessons,such as...DON'T FORGET THE PLUG ! and my new note to self.."if 
you see fishing boats running from a black cloud...try to catch up."
 Rose, my lovely wife of 20 years has been unsuccessfully trying to 
learn to fish during our outings, not catching anything yet, so if 
anyone has any pointers about how to troll behind a sailboat, or why no 
fish seem to be biting while we are at anchor, feel free to drop her a line.

I am in the process of making a pulpit and had a couple questions. could 
someone measure the height of your pulpit for me? I am guessing the 
stock ones will be about 28 inches. I tried finding a used one, but 
there are very few boat yards here
(Fox,AR) to get parts from (read that as none), so I am planning on 
making quite a few things myself..I work at a machine shop, so I can 
fabricate footpads, and tig weld together the tubing.

I realize the boat I have bought is quite old, but we like her and plan 
on renovating  as we have time/money to do so.I am planning on 
leangthing the galley a bit, as the floor plan on ours is a bit 
different than the new ones. ours has a cross beam instead of a center 
pole, which I think I like better, it gives a bit more wigglin around 
room.Although the new "swell head" looks really neat.

gonna run for now, will try and post some pics of out journeys,

BFN,
Carl




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