[Rhodes22-list] Newbie questions Suppliers/Anchoring/Sail Balance

[Rick]

Shaun and Melva,

1.  Try Defender and West Marine online.

2.  Your anchor tackle plan sounds good.   You should have a locker under
the bow deck to store it.

3.  Neutral helm is the norm for the R22.  Your mainsail is under powered.
Is the topping lift loose?

Rick

On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Shawn Boles <shawn.sustain at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All:
>
> First, let me thank you for your kind welcome to the list!  On May 30th we
> poured a libation to Poseidon and Aeolus to retire any previous names of
> our boat and  know her henceforth as  Sweet Baboo. ( I will forward
> pictures).
>
>  As I said I have a lot of questions. I looked in  the archive for answers
> but did not find anything about my first 3 questions:
>
> 1. Do you have a favorite source for marine supplies? I just drove 70 Miles
> to the closest West marine store and , frankly, I was not impressed. Nice
> folks, but not much stock, expensive, and I pay shipping. Surely, there is
> something better.
>
> 2.  Anchor rode and storage advice - we sail in a fairly shallow (avg depth
> 7' max 30') reservoir and want to anchor out for the night. Stan supplied a
> Danforth  (looks like a 4-6 #) on bow pulpit but no chain/rode.
>
>              - What would you recommend? I am thinking of  3/8" Premium
> Anchor Line, 100', 4,400lb.   with 3-5' of
>                 chain. Does anyone have picture of how you store/deploy/
> retrieve your anchor.
>
> 3. Lea Helm & Sail Balance. I have only been out a couple of times (rainy
> season has decided to prolong itself [?]) With 100% main and 100% jib (just
> ahead of mast) I have a slight lea helm. This gets more pronounced as I
> unfurl more headsail.
>
>                 - is this normal? I am used to slight weather helm. Should
> I care?
>                 - what is best adjustment? traveler? mast rake? other?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice.
>
> Shawn & Melva Boles
> s/v Sweet Baboo ('86)
>
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