[Rhodes22-list] connecting Ray Marine ST1000

peter klappert peterklappert at comcast.net
Wed Aug 3 14:35:31 EDT 2011


Bob--

Thanx for this encouraging info. I'm glad to hear how you handled the situation & would gladly read more.

I'll be keeping the R22 on my own boat lift and recently saw an article (which I haven't read yet) on making a boat on a lift secure. Even if I do that, I'll remove the mast/sails/rigging & anything not attached to the deck (of course). Yes, I'll have Stan's mast-raising set up.

Getting to a ramp & hauling the boat will take more lead time, but I'll take advice & haul if the situation looks bad enough. (There's a marina much closer than the nearest ramp & I guess I could take the expensive route & have them put boat on trailer. I bet there would be a line for such services.) 

Though it hasn't happened to me, I know people (not boat owners) who've driven inland only to have a hurricane follow them. Wish I had a bigger garage, because I've got a door that makes the space a bank vault!

I'd sure rather be in FL in the summer than in DC. In a few years I'll live there year-round.

Thanks again,

P





----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob and Kathy Quinn" <bobandkathyr22 at bellsouth.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 12:07:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] connecting Ray Marine ST1000

Peter:  Sailing in Florida during the summer is great.  Requires watching for 
the afternoon thunderstorms.  Mornings often times lack wind.  


Your trailer is your hurricane plan.  We pulled when the Watch's indicated that 
we were in the cone.  I waited one year until the Warning.  Mistake as dropping 
the mast in the wind proved a challenge.  I believe you have Stan's mast raising 
and lowering system - a necessity in my opinion - especially when you want to 
haul in a hurry.  We would store the R22 on the trailer with the wheels chocked 
and the trailer hitch tied to the ground.  One year I also staked a few lines 
around the boat but doubt that they would have done much.  We went through a 
couple of mild hurricanes during the thirteen years we owned our first Rhodes 22 
with no damage.  A few tree limbs and leaves in the boat buth no damage.   Had 
we gone through Andrew, I'm sure we would have had some major issues; however, 
Francis, Jeanne and Wilma would not have been too bad. 


Bob in Florida on the "NoKaOi 3"  Stuart, FL - the other coast.




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From: peter klappert <peterklappert at comcast.net>
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tue, August 2, 2011 10:15:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] connecting Ray Marine ST1000


Caesar--

I'm sure I will. 

I'm not able to pick up the boat until mid-September, and friends in 
Florida--long-time and life-long Floridians--think I'm nuts to bring it down in 
the middle of hurricane season. That's giving me pause. 


Guess it will depend on how active the season turns out to be. Historically the 
peak runs roughly 8/20-10/20, with 9/10 the bulls-eye. Also, BoatUS has a "Boat 
Owner's Hurricane Worksheet" I need to complete.

A friend who's been sailing since he was about 3 sent me an agonized, cautionary 
list of "everything" involved in owning a boat. I wrote back, "I thought that 
was the point."

Let the fun begin!

P

>>>>>>o<<<<<<

----- Original Message -----
From: "Caesar Paul" <caesarpaul01 at yahoo.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, August 1, 2011 4:21:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] connecting Ray Marine ST1000

Peter,
 
I think you are going to have a lot of fun.
I can still recall Stan explaining and demonstrating to me how to tack.
Yes.  He is a good instructor; makes you want to learn over everything under his 
tutelage.
 
Caesar

From: peter klappert <peterklappert at comcast.net>
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] connecting Ray Marine ST1000


Chris--

Thanks. In addition to my cell not working in Edenton, I left my laptop in DC.

How to install/wire the auto-tiller turned out to involve many circular 
discussions. I was trying to follow Bill Wickman's setup, which is also the one 
in a PS review of auto-tillers. 


But I'm persuaded to install mine as Stan & Mark wanted to all along, using a 
cantilever bracket that mounts to the cockpit wall/seatback. I assumed the 
bracket would just be in the way when not using the auto-tiller, but it turns 
out the bracket's in 2 parts and the bracket itself is removable. The cable to 
the gps (and to an NMEA receiver if I were installing one) is wired directly to 
the inside of the socket for the bracket.  We're using your suggestion for the 
power plug.

Despite the heat (103 degrees Friday) my 3rd trip to GB was great. Mostly I went 
down to bring electronics
& confer on their installation. It was exciting to finally board my boat, even 
if it is still inside the factory.

Also got out on Albemarle Sound for some sailing with Stan, who is--of course--a 
laid-back & very good sailing instructor. Just as fine, finally met the 
remarkable Rose--indeed, had a dinner of crab-stuffed flounder with the two of 
them at a place called Waterman's.

I'd been on the R22 3 times before--with Lee, with you at Annapolis, & with Mac 
McCready and Chris Geankoplis when Chris was in town a few weeks ago. I noticed 
a pattern: I was always so delighted to be sailing again after a quarter 
century, and the gear was so foreign to me (the most sophisticated thing I'd 
ever used was a clam cleat!), that I was too blitzed by it all to absorb 
anything about actually handling the R22. I think those were necessary 
preliminary experiences and they certainly were fun, but I was beginning to 
wonder if I'd ever feel competent on my own. Now I'm very eager to get my boat 
launched in Apollo Beach.

Best

P


>>>>>>o<<<<<<

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Washington, DC 20010 
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911 Silver Palm Way 
Apollo Beach, FL 33572
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>>>>>>o<<<<<<

Someone I cared for 

Someone I cared for
put it to me: Who
do you think you are?

I went down the list
of all the many
possibilities

carefully — did it
twice — but couldn't find
a plausible one.

That was when I knew 
for the first time who
in fact I wasn't. 

        --Cid Corman


from And The Word. © Coffee House Press, 1987

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Cowie" <ccowie at cowieassociates.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 8:31:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] connecting Ray Marine ST1000

I had NTS electonics install mine at Herrington Harbor North in Deale Maryland 
and I think they just followed the diagram to connect the wires.  BTW I located 
my plug for the tiller pillot just under the cockpit bench so it is out of the 
way and out of the weather and they shortened the cord so I didn't have too much 
hanging out.

Christopher P. Cowie    


Please consider the environment before printing this email.


-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org 
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Stan Spitzer
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 3:05 PM
To: Bill Wickman c/o The Rhodes 22 Email List
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] connecting Ray Mareine ST1000

This is Peter Klappert using Stan's Apple computer. I'm in Edenton and 
we are trying to follow Bill Wickman's suggestions for connecting an 
auto tiller to a Garmin GPS--in this case the Raymarine ST1000 to a 
Garmin 541s.

Can it be done without the $100  Garmin starter kit sold by West Marine?

If possible could someone who has done this call Mark (252 339 0400) or 
me or Stan (252 312 9485) at the R22 plant?   (My cell doesn't work here.)

Soon?!

Thanks very much

P



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