[Rhodes22-list] First Sail and Thanks

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Clarification on Capt. Bob's comments: He is a disaster waiting to happen.  
Just ask him about some of his finer moments.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 9/13/2012 5:48:42 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com writes:


Jay,Congratulations on your new boat and on making it back  across the 
country.  I will say that most or all of my trailering issues  were solved by 
buying a new trailer.  Not sure how old yours is but the  new one (mine is a 
2006) is a lot more heavy duty and the ride is much more  comfortable.  My 
old trailer was a disaster waiting to happen.BK >  From: jac2 at wavecable.com
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Date:  Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:28:55 -0700
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] First Sail  and Thanks
> 
> Thanks to everyone who responded to my questions  regarding trailer 
> positioning. I now know what I need to do. Much of  what was suggested, I 
> tried or did on the way from Edenton back to  Port Angeles. The effort to 
> correct one situation usually caused  others. I ended up settling for the 
> least of the evils and got the  boat home fine. I will be moving it 
backward 
> to a more weight  centered position on the bunks. and considering a bow 
bunk 
> of some  kind later that provides support but is shock absorbing as well. 
It 
>  was clear that resting weight on the keel or resting the bow on a roller 
or  
> rigid bunk were not good ideas. Thanks again.
> 
> We got  Dragonfly out for her first sail today. We did not get a chance 
to 
>  sail her when we picked her up or before we got her home. I was 
considering  
> a Compac before settling in on the Rhodes. Boy am I glad I did not  get 
the 
> Compac. Our first boat was a Hunter 260. The last was a  Hunter 33. Both 
> sailed great when the winds were up above 8 knots and  even up to 30 
knots in 
> the 33 with no real problems. But, both boats,  like the Compac were fat 
and 
> slow. When I saw the Rhodes hull design  and sail configuration with the 
> cruising features it had, I thought I  had found both a light cruiser and 
one 
> that would sail fast and  easy.
> 
> Today the winds were light and variable. I did not want  to go out in 
stiff 
> winds for the first sail. All I can say is WOW.  The boat was quick to 
> accelerate in winds my other boats would have  laughed at. She maneuvered 
> easily in almost no wind at all. The  balance was excellent. I expected 
to be 
> sitting some on the water  just checking things out. Instead we had a 
> wonderful, easy and  pleasant sail.
> 
> I now understand the comments I have seen on  the list about 15 to 25 
knot 
> winds I previously thought were of  little concern. It is clear she will 
be a 
> handful in stiff winds, but  the reefing sails and quick power release 
> features make that  something I am looking forward to. I think it is 
going to 
> be some  great fun and that the boat will be very fast even under heavily 
>  reefed sails. Know the weather, know the water conditions and then Reef  
> often, reef early and stay safe.
> 
> I could not be  happier so far about having the Rhodes. I am still not 
sure I 
> like  the trailer, but the boat is everything we thought it would be and 
>  more.
> 
> Happy to be Rhodies.
> 
> Jay &  Kathy.
> 
> 
> 
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