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

Tue May 26 17:19:52 EDT 2009

Art,

I have the portapotty set-up instead of the marine head.  If I toss a bean
bag over the portapotty, it extends the v-berth by two feet.

Lee

Arthur H. Czerwonky wrote:
> 
> Lee,
> 
> Good news on the cruise - one of my fondest wishes is to cruise the
> Chesapeake.  As you prep for your outing, take a look at your v-berth and
> see if it could accommodate an extension headboard up to the bulkhead,
> stbd side.  I'm going to try one in Fla in a week, think it may prove a
> nice advantage in sleeping comfort.  You are taller and may be an option
> for you.
> 
> Have fun and smooth sailing!
> 
> Art
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org>
>>Sent: May 25, 2009 7:26 PM
>>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] A note about outboards and Re: Chesapeake
sail
>>
>>
>>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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