[Rhodes22-list] Long term cruising stowage

[Chris Geankoplis]

Hey Jesse,
 Thanks for the good words.  There is no such thing as "small potatoes"
when it comes to sailing your Rhodes.  It is whatever amount of joy you
find each day on the water.  Half kidding about the water line, but you are
right, there is some water that fills the little scupper but doesn't rise
above the cockpit sole, when the boat is level.  But when was our boat ever
"level".  So if the boat heels then a lot more water accumulates.  We do
use a plug with a bit of extra rescue tape wrapped around it to make a
secure and solid grip so it won't pop out.  My best solution:  Load the bow
with lots of beer.  Keeps the boat on an even keel; me, not so much. (grin )

Chris G
ENOSIS

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 4:25 PM Jesse Shumaker <
jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Chris, thanks for posting this.  It's helpful to see the organization
> system
> resulting from the experience of your many trips on the Rhodes over the
> years.  I've made it through most of your travelogues (just have the 2016
> Mexico trip to go) and had wondered how you packed all the necessary gear.
> Thanks for putting the planning details and lists in the Baja trip in
> particular.  Thanks for capturing these adventures in words and photos so
> we
> can enjoy them as well.  I'm inspired to start some of my own adventures in
> road trips next summer.  These will seem like small potatoes compared to
> the
> trips that you and others have made, but I have to start somewhere.
>
> In the attachment, you mentioned how you had to raise the water line which
> I
> can understand.  Do you have issues with water pushing up through the
> cockpit drain when you're loaded heavily?  If I get a few passengers on
> board, even if I move them forward in the cockpit, I get some water that
> comes back up through the cockpit drain.  It's not a lot of water and it
> stops taking on water when it has reached some sort of equilibrium.   When
> passengers step off the boat, the stern raises and the water drains.  The
> former owner had a plug that could go in this drain, but it tends to pop
> out
> after I put it in.  If I was loaded very heavy like your boat, I think this
> could become more of an issue to be dealt with instead of a minor
> nuisance.
> Perhaps I just need some more weight in the bow as a counter balance.  Has
> anyone else experienced this and if so, do you have any suggestions?
> Thanks
> in advance for any input.
>
>
>
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