[Rhodes22-list] All tied up
Yaron Fuchs
yaronfuchs at gmail.com
Wed Jun 9 22:29:06 EDT 2010
I have a recently recycled rhodes in rye NY. Where are you in Connecticut alex?
Yaron
On Jun 9, 2010, at 7:28 PM, Alex McKenna <alex at brightrhino.com> wrote:
>
> David,
>
> Sorry to hijack this thread, but are you in Connecticut?
>
> We just moved here last year, and I am dying to see a functioning Rhodes,
> mine needed restoration, and is in cracked pieces now. If you have some
> time, I would really like to see your boat.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alex
>
>
> David Bradley wrote:
>>
>> Mary Lou, mid-ship cleats (thanks for reminding me of the saltier
>> term) were original factory equipment. Picture attached.
>>
>> Joe, note the side rails - an option I'm very glad I went for, which
>> has been debated on the list. I'd get them again. Best place to hang
>> fenders in addition to other more significant benefits.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 5:01 AM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
>> wrote:
>>> Dave,
>>> Did you add mid-ship cleats to your boat? Most
>>> R22s don't have them. Where are they located?
>>>
>>> Does anyone else have mid-ship cleats?
>>>
>>> Mary Lou
>>> 1991 R22 Fretless
>>> Rock Hall, MD
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> At 01:10 AM 6/9/2010, you wrote:
>>>> Joe, sorry, you did ask that question. In addition to what others
>>>> have written...
>>>>
>>>> 3/8" line is fine but I switched to 1/2" and feel more manly for it.
>>>> Also like the braided nylon lines 'cause their softer. -)
>>>>
>>>> I have lines fixed to the dock (also have a floating dock), short
>>>> lines perpendicular from the dock cleats to the fore and aft boat
>>>> cleats. And two spring lines from fore and aft dock cleats to center
>>>> side boat cleat. Fore and aft lines keep the boat positioned close to
>>>> dock, and spring lines keep the boat centered lengthwise. This set up
>>>> works well in particular if the waves hit the bow or stern, so the
>>>> spring lines have a lttle give. Hefty fenders between dock and boat a
>>>> must. If you're at a permanant dock, you might want to invest in
>>>> fenders mounted on the dock.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Joe Camp <jjcampjr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> Dave:
>>>>> Thanks for the reply. I was more concerned
>>>> with the actual mechanics of tying up the boat:
>>>> how many & what type of lines, where to tie off, how close to the dock?
>>>>> Joe
>>>>>
>>>>> --- On Tue, 6/8/10, David Bradley <dwbrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> From: David Bradley <dwbrad at gmail.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] All tied up
>>>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>>>> Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 7:35 PM
>>>>>
>>>>> Joe, in a word, slowly.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's important to put your motor in neutral and lose all you headway.
>>>>> Then nudge the boat in with short, easy pulses of forward or backward
>>>>> power. One of those things I learned after a couple of nail biters.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a tight marina and am glad to have the rudder linked to the
>>>>> motor with Stan's ingenious steering option.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6/8/10, Joe Camp <jjcampjr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Friends:
>>>>>> I will not have my boat until the end
>>>> of July, but no sense in letting
>>>>>> this question go: I have never tied up at a
>>>> slip before. Mine will be on a
>>>>>> lake, in a protected marina and is a floating dock. Please give me
>>>> some
>>>>>> advice on the best way to accomplish this seemingly mundane task.
>>>> Poem
>>>>>> follows.
>>>>>> Joe
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Me
>>>>>>
>>>>>> JJ Camp
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “I wish that Michael
>>>>>>
>>>>>> wasn’t dead,” she said to me
>>>>>>
>>>>>> on a day after he was gone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “Something’s wrong!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I love—
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I loved him Dad,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> but I can’t cry.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So tell me why
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I even said
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was his friend,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if I can’t cry.”
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “And would you cry—
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dad—
>>>>>>
>>>>>> you know—
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if it was me
>>>>>>
>>>>>> instead of Mike?” 1993
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>> David Bradley
>>>>> +1.206.234.3977
>>>>> dwbrad at gmail.com
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