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

David Bradley dwbrad at gmail.com
Mon Jun 4 16:45:44 EDT 2012


Fisheries Industries another good catalog operation to shop.  Great store
in Seattle.

I think 3/8" rode is fine for all but most strenous conditions - 200' of
1/2" rode is a bear to lug around in our relatively small boat.




On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Rick <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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