[Rhodes22-list] Trailer Sailing

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Mike:  Great explanation!  One of the best I have seen.  We are in Florida (Stuart) and pretty much do as you do with no problem. 

Bob
-------------- Original message from Mike Cheung <mikecheung at att.net>: -------------- 


> 
> Wally, 
> 
> I'm a comparative newbie to the R22, but maybe that's good for your present 
> questions. 
> 
> We got our R22, a 1993/2008 recycled boat from Stan, just this last July and 
> had her out most every weekend on Lake Erie. We trailer sail exclusively. 
> It takes me, alone, about an hour and a little to rig the boat for sail or 
> to unrig the boat for trailering. With my wife's help, we have it down to 
> about 45 minutes. I did invest in "fast pins" for the shrouds and the 
> forestay, as well as for the two pins on the mast crane and the bolt on the 
> cabin poptop / mast traveller fitting. 
> 
> Launching is a cinch and goes pretty much as Stan describes in his web page. 
> I just back down the ramp and tap the brakes once she's afloat. That's if I 
> have help. If I'm solo, I get her down the ramp to just floating and go 
> walk her back the rest of the way clear of the trailer. I do usually get 
> wet if I'm launching alone, though I think with a little planning and about 
> 50' of line I could work it out to launch dray by myself if I needed to . 
> 
> As CJ said, this is an easy boat to single hand. I end up doing so about 
> 1/3 of the time and have zero issues with it. I don't hesitate to take her 
> out alone in up to 4 or 5 foot Lake Erie seas. Though, I do wear a harness 
> / self-inflating life preserver when alone and I'd suggest anyone single 
> handing do the same. 
> 
> Getting back on the trailer is also easy. If I've got help, we usually just 
> walk her up until I can get the winch hook on the bow eye. I've got a 
> "magic" mark on the winch belt that leaves the boat in just the right 
> position for trailering. That was gotten purely by trial and error. Winch 
> up until that make is just at the drum and she's ready to haul out. If 
> we're feeling lazy, or it's windy, or I'm alone, I just set the trailer so 
> the the bunks are just wet and then drive her on under power with the 
> centerboard down. Yep, that's right, with the centerboard down. The 
> extended centerboard works with the custom trailer to center her perfectly. 
> With the bunks just wet, at a relatively slow speed (under walking speed 
> just a bit), driving her on puts the hull on the trailer just shy of the 
> "sweet spot" for trailering. I can hook up the trailer winch hook to the 
> bow eye with some gymnastics off the pulpit, but doable by this 51 y/o 
> newbie. Then it's just a matter of pushing the winch handle around a couple 
> of times with my foot from the pulpit or by hand if I lay down on the 
> foredeck, hanging off the pulpit a bit. I get the magic mark in place, jump 
> from the boat to the dock, hop in my tow vehicle (a 2005 Honda Pilot), and 
> pull her out. 
> 
> Only helpful hint I can offer just now is to color code all the lines you 
> use to secure the sail rig to the hull for trailering. There's a fair 
> number of lines and it saves quite a bit of time to know that the green 
> lines secure the mainsail boom (along with the upper part of the genoa) to 
> the mast, the blue lines secure the lower part of the genoa to the mast, the 
> purple lines .... You get the picture. 
> 
> What part of the north are you in? If you're within striking distance NE 
> Ohio, there are a couple R22s within reach that you could at least look at 
> firsthand. There's at least on other list member who docks on Erie in 
> Cleveland Harbor, myself who trailers, and CJ who answered you earlier. 
> 
> Hope this is helpful, please feel free to ask any other questions you have. 
> 
> Mike Cheung 
> s/v Muireann, 1993/2008 Rhodes 22 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> - "Wallace E. Bohach" wrote: 
> > Before buying, am looking for some confirmation and info on exclusively 
> > trailer sailing a Rhodes. We're northerners, fresh water sailers, out at 
> > least once a week in season. How about: 
> > Ease of launch and recovery. Sail it on? 
> > Rigging solo? 
> > Helpful hints? 
> > Any thing you've learned that I haven't thought of? 
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > Wally 
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