[Rhodes22-list] A note about outboards and Re: Chesapeake sail

Leland LKUHN at cnmc.org
Mon May 25 19:26:03 EDT 2009


Mary Lou,

You and Fred have inspired me to spend a night on the boat.  Outfitted for a
four-day cruise, I had pictured that Fretless would be jam-packed with junk. 
She was less cluttered than my boat.  Most things were neatly stored in your
v-berth like a big trunk of a car, and everything else was well organized in
its logical place.  You had some good ideas that I plan on stealing.  Always
good to see how others outfit their Rhodes.

Thanks again for stopping by on the way to St. Michael's!

Lee



Mary Lou Troy-2 wrote:
> 
> We did! As Lee and Tom mentioned we had a lovely sail on Lee's boat 
> At Ease out of his marina on Kent Island. Great beam reach both ways, 
> mostly flat seas. This was on Friday. Earlier that day we had a great 
> sail on Fretless tacking down from Rock Hall down toward Kent Island. 
> The beam reach on At Ease was nicer but the close-hauled run south 
> from Rock Hall was really really nice as well. Really enjoyed the 
> company. It was great to see Lee and Tom and Alice again and to meet 
> Lee's wife Andrea and his son. Great folks to spend some time with as 
> are most Rhodies.
> 
> Saturday, we left Lee to his yardwork and motored down to Kent 
> Narrows where we had a brisk ride with the tide under the opened 
> drawbridge. Once we got south of Kent Narrows we did some very fine 
> sailing in Eastern Bay before motoring up the Wye River to lovely 
> anchorage behind Drum Point. Eight other boats from our sailing club 
> attended and let me tell you nothing beats the upper bridge deck of a 
> Grand Banks trawler for Happy Hour with 21 people and it was great 
> that one of our members motored down in his 17 ft. Whaler and could 
> play water taxi as the forecast winds made it iffy to raft up. We did 
> note that with the Whaler in attendance, we are no longer the 
> smallest cruising boat in our sailing club!
> 
> The next day we motored to St. Michaels through some fierce powerboat 
> chop with a building wind on the nose. We could have sailed but it 
> was more relaxing to spend the afternoon on one of the upper decks of 
> the Maritime Museum waiting for the rest of the club to arrive.
> 
> This morning there was almost no wind and the forecast called for 
> afternoon thunderstorms with unsettled weather for the rest of the 
> week so we decided to head out early (7 am) for home. We motored 23 
> miles in 5 hours including 25 minutes spent milling around waiting 
> for the Kent Narrows drawbridge to open. One of the advantages to 
> leaving early is that there were not as many powerboat wakes as later 
> when everyone headed for home.
> 
> Outboard note: We did notice that compared to our old Honda, the 
> Yamaha 8 HT does a much better job of dealing with powerboat wakes 
> and rolly conditions. That big propeller did a great job of really 
> digging in where the Honda would cavitate.
> 
> All in all a nice cruise though we would have sailed more if we 
> didn't plan on meeting friends at a destination. Great sailing when we
> did!
> 
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Rock Hall, MD
> 
> 
> 
> At 01:33 PM 5/24/2009, you wrote:
> 
>>Sailed Saturday at Rhode and West Rivers, wind 14 knots, full main and jib
>>furled to 100%.  Delightful, sailed mostly flat on a long mostly beam
reach,
>>speed around 3.5 to 4 knots.  Later in the day while motoring lost control
>>of boat for just a moment.  Keel was up and kicked up rudder in shallow
>>water, spun us around in a quick circle.  Uncomfortable, but fixed
quickly.
>>Seems that the rudder was really doing some work and let go quickly.  Lots
>>of holiday traffic.  Here's a pic of boats anchoring by High Island, long
>>since submerged.  We enjoyed great sailing with Leland, Mary Lou and Fred,
>>and dinner also with Leland's lovely wife and fine son.
>>Tom Hogarty
>>
>>http://www.nabble.com/file/p23696032/HIghIsland.jpg
>>
>>
>>
>>cowie wrote:
>> >
>> > Did anyone sail the Chesapeake today.  Nice summer day.  Sunny, 12 kt
>> wind
>> > out of the south east, lowered the boom, 25% main reef, 70% jib reef
>> with
>> > the jib sheets at the innermost block. had a nice run from hhn to
>> poplar
>> > island.  Came about to head home as the wind picked up.  20 kt wind for
>> > the ride home with a significant sea.  Got bounced around a lot, too
>> much
>> > wind and sea.
>> >
>>
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