[Rhodes22-list] Saga of the Annapolis trip

Arthur H. Czerwonky czerwonky at earthlink.net
Wed Sep 30 12:50:22 EDT 2009


Rummy,

Not a bad approach at all.  As a fleet we have anough boats around that we are able to sail anywhere, especially at Lake Hartwell!   BTW, had a noce visit with Rodger.

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
>Sent: Sep 30, 2009 6:38 AM
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Saga of the Annapolis trip
>
>Art,
>Ignorance is bliss. Until someone stops me and tells me I need brakes, I'm  
>not going to change anything. Besides, most of my trailering is less than 
>five  miles at a time. I have no desire to do any long distance hauling. 
> 
>Rummy
> 
> 
>In a message dated 9/29/2009 9:12:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
>czerwonky at earthlink.net writes:
>
>Rummy,
>
>I'm certain that corrosion played a big part, judging  from the condition 
>of the caliper pistons and the caliper shells.  They  apparently stayed in 
>the braked position when the pads should have retreated  away from the rotors. 
> Oh, so much simpler with no brakes - but does SC  permit no brakes on your 
>boat?  Ga now requires full brakes on both  axles.  
>
>The rear seals were soundle on the bearing with no  distortion.  The front 
>'seal' is really only a cap, which blew out under  pressure.
>
>Artemus
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From:  R22RumRunner at aol.com
>>Sent: Sep 29, 2009 8:14 PM
>>To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Saga of the  Annapolis trip
>>
>>Artemus,
>>Question? You mentioned bearing  grease on the tires. Were the axle seals  
>>bad? That may have been  what started the whole episode.
>> 
>>Rummy
>> 
>>  
>>In a message dated 9/29/2009 8:10:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,   
>>R22RumRunner at aol.com writes:
>>
>>Art,
>>Sounds like  normal salt water corrosion to me. One of the  joys of lake   
>>sailing is that we don't have problems like that. Come  to think  of it, I 
>>don't  
>>have problems like that because I don't  have  brakes on my single axle 
>>Triad 
>>trailer which is now  20 years old and still   rolling.
>>
>>Rummy
>>
>>
>>In a message dated  9/28/2009 6:45:34 P.M.  Eastern Daylight Time,   
>>czerwonky at earthlink.net   writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>>>  
>>>>  Lee,
>>>>  
>>>> Well, here's a so sad   story...
>>>> 
>>>> I  began my trip to the area  and the show on  Friday.  About 20 miles  
> 
>>out,
>>>> as is my custom, I checked  bearings and  brakes of the  trailer, only 
>to
>>>> find them hot as a   poker with copious  amounts of bearing grease 
>slung  
>>on
>>>> the tires,  like on both  sides.   Like, not a happy boater to be found.
>>>>    
>>>> Chapter two - the setting is downtown Pendleton SC, with  only  one  
>horse
>>>> and a boat with wounded  trailer...
>>>>  
>>>>  I talked with the  local mechanic who seemed very happy with  my sad 
>>story.   
>>>> Do not think he can cut it.
>>>>   
>>>> I called  BoatUS, where I have been a rather motley  member  since 
>2003, 
>>and
>>>>  they told me the  trailer-assist fee I  have been paying for road   
>>mishaps
>>>> just hit the jackpot, and  that I will be  covered for a  piggy-back to 
>>the
>>>> barn at   Hartwell.  I did have to stew for  three hours on the square 
>in  
>> 
>>the
>>>> bright sun, but was loaded on a  53'  lowboy  backwards, humiliating but
>>>> practical, and got the  boat  in  the barn safely.
>>>> 
>>>> Chapter  three - this September   morning at Hartwell is a light rain,  
>but
>>>> I'm inside the  covered  barn.  After  taking the trailer wheels apart  
>>with
>>>> my  swiss  army knife (16 tools total), I discovered that  rotors  were
>>>>  grooved, shoes mostly worn, calipers   mis-shapened, and caliper  
>pistons
>>>> corroded.  Still  not  a happy boater.
>>>>  
>>>> Chapter four  - on to Annapolis,  but not the show or the notorious   
>>Friday
>>>> skipper's  lunch.  This is the  greatest loss - missing  Mary Lou's   
>>dance...
>>>> 
>>>> What did I learn from  this   happening that would be helpful to others 
>- 
>>>>  
>>>> 1.   Thankfully I did my bearing check before it  was too late.
>>>>   
>>>> 2.  I decided  to call BoatUS assist - Unlimited is  $500  coverage on  
>the
>>>> road.  I think this extent is due  to my   unlimited towing coverage on 
>>the
>>>> water - well  worth  the cost if  you consider costs of towing.  Much   
>>better
>>>> than the risk of  additional damage  possible if I  had tried to go 
>>without
>>>> the  BoatUS  lift.
>>>>  
>>>> 3.  Diagnosis  of the problem (which  occurred after  only ~2000 miles  
>>usage)
>>>> was greasy but not that   difficult  with the right tools.  I learned 
>>enough
>>>>   to  determine the best and most cost-effective solution and    
>>resolution.
>>>> 
>>>> 4.  I found the real  source of  the  problem was that I was wearing 
>the  
>>same
>>>> Gucci  loafers I wore at  Annapolis '06  when Stan's trailer took a 
>swim  
>>in
>>>> Spa  Creek.   
>>>> 
>>>> So I hope to  see  you, if possible, at Kent Narrows  either this  
>coming
>>>>  Sunday or Monday for a brew at a local McD,   maybe even with Mary Lou 
> 
>>and
>>>> Fred, if they are  around.   Likely to be with  Allison, for sure, but  
>>sans
>>>> boat.  We might  even game  for a  tack or two on the Bay.
>>>> 
>>>> I will  bring   towels along if this sad story has affected you as it  
>did
>>>>   me...
>>>> 
>>>>  Anonymous
>>>> 
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