[Rhodes22-list] 175 and backstay tension

[R22RumRunner at aol.com]

No, not yet. To busy moving the dock around. :) But, we are contemplating a 
 move.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 6/12/2013 10:15:01 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
blue66corvette at hotmail.com writes:

Rummy

I seem to recall that you once said if the Corps would  ever let the lake 
get full again you were gonna sell and get out of  there...... for sale sign 
up yet???


> From:  R22RumRunner at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:29:29 -0400
> To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] 175 and  backstay tension
> 
> Lee,
> Speaking of rain. After many  years of draught, South Carolina has had an 
> abundance of rain in  June. So far we have received 9 1/2" of rain at our 
> house. The lake  was down almost 18' at one point and is now 1 1/2' above 
full 
> pool.  It sure has kept me busy moving our dock. I said that I would 
never 
>  complain about rain ever again, but come on man, enough is enough 
already. I  
> don't have a garage large enough to put the Rhodes inside, so all the  
work 
> has to be done outside. Rum Runner is still sitting on the  trailer in 
the 
> yard. Hopefully we will get enough dry weather that I  can do some 
> maintenance and dunk her really soon.
> 
>  Rummy
> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 6/11/2013 1:28:18  P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> LKUHN at cnmc.org writes:
> 
>  Shawn,
> 
> I went out in the pouring rain yesterday (what I won't  sacrifice for this
> list) and quickly measured the distance at exactly  24" between the
> backstays.
> 
> Now after drying off and  rereading your post we must be comparing apples 
to
> oranges. If I had a  27" gap my backstays would be totally loose and I 
> can't
>  imagine a 36" spread.
> 
> I think we also need to measure from  the top of the mast to the 
backstays'
> pootie tangs, and I ain't doing  that rain or shine.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Lee
>  
> 
> 
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