[Rhodes22-list] R22 capsize in Force 10

[Cary Tolbert]

This popped up on my phone. The Rhodes 22 is in good company.
Donna Lang on her second solo circumnavigation trip in her Southern Cross
28 , 1982 vintage,
got caught in 50 mph winds and was knocked down and dis-masted. This is a
Blue Water boat
with a Dis./Bal. of 40%. It can happen to anyone. You can't mess with
mother nature; well you can but your playing against the house.

Cary
Whisper '86
Radford,VA







On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 1:58 PM Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:

> Was the boat sailing or laying to?
>
> Rick Lange
>
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 12:07 PM stan <stan at generalboats.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Force 10.  That is 55 mph, and up, winds with giant waves.  I guess we
> > will have to lower any claims to 50 mph winds.
> >
> > I have spent most off my sailing days on the Great South Bay.  It is so
> > shallow it is impossible to lose anything. And although on the ocean
> > side of Long Island, there never was anything close to a force 10 storm
> > in my day.  Global warming?
> >
> > We did list once in the middle of the night when low tide had the family
> > sleeping stacked up on top of each other.
> >
> >
> > On 12/19/19 8:49 AM, Chris Geankoplis wrote:
> > > details?
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 12:53 PM gramille <gramille at tds.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Did any of you read the article in the latest issue of Small Craft
> > Advisor
> > >> about the loss of a R22 in Long Islands Great South Bay? Sobering
> > reading!
> > >> Have a Happy New Year full of safe sailing adventures.
> > >>   Graham in snowy Vermont
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Sent from: http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/
> > >>
> > >
> >
> >
>