[Rhodes22-list] I just got my new old Rhodes

[Todd Tavares]

Jeff,

    First of all, are you sure what you have is actually a Rhodes 22? 
There was a guy IIRC who sailed on the Hudson River,
on a boat with an engine well in the laz, and his boat was a knock off.
As far as the back stay adjustment, there should be
 a block on each back stay. A line is ran between these blocks, which
pulls the stays toward each other, creating tension. It
is hard to believe the PO sailed with a hang on jib and a slack forestay.

Todd T

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Jeff Kantor"
  To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
  Subject: [Rhodes22-list] I just got my new old Rhodes
  Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:05:02 -0700 (PDT)


  Hi. I just got a '73 R22 and have I got questions...
  But first on the subject of engines, I installed a mid 2000's
  Nissan 8hp 2 stroke with remote. Nice, quiet, powerful. I live in
  a land of currents and tides, so I was happy to put one on the
  larger end on my boat. Hull size and weight would likely be met by
  a 5 or 6 hp engine. I think Stan once mentioned that the larger hp
  4 strokes were favorites because of their electric start and
  remotability. In mounting the engine, I found a reinforcement on
  the port transom which was too wide for my motor mount. The PO had
  installed a backing plate on the starboard transom, which fit my
  Fulton motor mount's pattern. However, it seems to oil can back
  there. This boat was manufactured with the engine well in the
  lazarette. The starboard backing plate actually covers more area
  than the reinforcement on port. Does anyone have opinions or
  guidance as to where to mount my 60 pound motor?
  The rigging of the stays on my boat seems off. The backstays are
  quite loose. Many inches! I have no traveller. Nor can I figure
  out the backstay adjustment. There isn't an adjuster per se,
  Again the PO said he always ran them very loose, and felt the boat
  to be quite well balanced. The halyard is boom end and runs along
  a traveler wire, just like my Sunfish and West Wight Potter. I'd
  like to rig an addjustable traveler with car and wonder how that
  might rig and be supported by the aft stays.
  The rig is a standard main (no IMF) and a hank on genoa of about
  120 size (not cut for R22, but borrowed from another craft). The
  jib is just a couple of feet short from sweeping the deck when it
  is flown to the masthead.
  Is there a pictorial guide to rigging the boat that I may not have
  come upon. I have rread the 1988 manual that is available, but
  it's not a picture book so I'm lost.

  Thanks,
  Jeff Kantor
  c. 917.825.5380
  sirius1 at canusmajor.com
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