[Rhodes22-list] a note from the admiral

Shawn Boles shawn.sustain at gmail.com
Mon Jun 7 23:41:46 EDT 2021


I don't think my Admiral would think of 20+ winds as 'mild'. Nor do I. Stan
says max is 28.

Cheers,

Shawn
s/v Sweet Baboo

On Mon, Jun 7, 2021, 7:09 PM Tom Van Heule <
tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:

> Jesse,
> My wife has taken helm over as my.plauging dyslexia is too much for her to
> deal with at sea.  Namely, I hate my hiking stick...  It's the twist lock
> type and I can't ever seem to twist the right way, lol. (Man, I sound like
> a whiner)   This frustration transfered to the throttle on the tiller of
> the outboard and the hiking tiller, with linkage. I dream of an electric on
> tiller control ....
>
> She'd rather not grab the dock and deal with the docking lines, a
> developing skillless crew, lol.  So it's working out well.
>
> Even in some mild+ (20) winds on lake Michigan, I wish she weighed 10k lbs
> more.
> But that just inexperience with her.  She flys and acts like a cork.  Just
> need to train myself.
>
> Thanks for listening,
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021, 7:53 PM Cary Tolbert <retiredtoby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Jesse, I understand completely. But then the Ranger 23 is better suited
> for
> > the San Francisco Bay sailing. It has twice the ballast as the Rhodes
> > The Bay is well known for its strong winds not to mention the currents.
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 7, 2021, 8:45 PM Jesse Shumaker <
> > jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Quick correction to the last note: I mentioned running rigging at the
> > mast,
> > > but I was referring to halyards, reefing, etc. It turned out to be
> quite
> > > lively to head on deck and up to the mast in some lively conditions in
> > San
> > > Francisco Bay!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sent from: http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/
> > >
> >
>


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