[Rhodes22-list] First Sailing--88 R22
Michael Meltzer
rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
Mon, 5 Aug 2002 14:37:12 -0400
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C23C8D.95CA8CD0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Sounds like you had a good time, two things to watch out for on that =
mooring:
1)install a plague at the center board pennant "Did You lift the =
centerboard", the problem is sooner or later you get back at the mooring =
on high tide and leave the centerboard down. The board "pivots up" if is =
settles to the bottom on a falling tide it will break the centerboard =
cap flooding the boat. the foam will save the boat from sinking but a =
really pain-in-the-ass, BTW make sure to drain the water before bring it =
back on the trailer(the water weight will crush boat/trailer)
2)sooner or later a full moon low and wind will leave the boat on the =
mud, might glum up the centerboard opening, most times it will clean it =
on it own, sometime a long screew drive needs to get a rock out(as tilt =
it at the next low tide, or load onto trailer)
MJM
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Keith Bracknell=20
To: rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org=20
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 2:04 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] First Sailing--88 R22
[Aria is her name now. Haven't decided whether to rename her]
Saturday was hot! 90 deg F, 70 degree dewpoint. The DEP dockmaster =
gave me space in the shade above the ramp so I could put up my mast. 45 =
minutes later the mast was up. I'm dropping big beads of sweat, but =
feeling pretty confident after raising the mast by myself. Lots of =
traffic. I raised the mast through about 25 launchings. Stink boaters.=20
My wife (Debbie), 14 year old stepdaughter (Caitlin) and two of her =
girlfriends arrived and were ready to launch. Caitlin and one of her =
friends climb on my R22. I punch in 4WD on my SUV, back the trailer down =
into the water, set the handbrake, walk to the hitch, and release the =
winch. Then I back the trailer down a bit more and tap the brakes hard. =
The boat pops loose and floats off the trailer. The girls toss the bow =
and stern lines to Debbie and Caitlin's other friend and I release the =
bow hook from the trailer. I go park the trailer and by the time I get =
back the lines are cleated.=20
I hop in, lower the tiller and fire up the outboard. Tide's flooding =
in with a south wind so I get pushed up the Connecticut River off the =
dock. Perfect. I swing the bow around and motor out to the RR bridge. =
The bridge's down. Brief wait. The girls have are in bikinis on the =
foredeck. Innocence and mischief. Caitlin's friends thinks they're going =
trolling for boys.=20
We motor through the bridge (strong flow in the current between the =
pilings) and join the parade of boats to Saybrook Point. I've watched =
these boats many times from the shore-side. Nice to be on the water. =
Still hot! The light breeze helps a little.=20
Power boaters roar by. The R22 throws off the wakes surprisingly well. =
The girls wave and squeal at the boys they see. The girls in their =
bikinis get attention.=20
After we've motored along for awhile Debbie points to a small forest =
of masts on the other side of a narrow inlet: "Is that North Cove?" =
"Girls," she says, "that's where we'll be mooring our boat." Very little =
interest from the girls, but Debbie and I are pretty excited about it. I =
just dropped a mooring with the Saybrook dockmaster this morning on the =
edge of dredged area of the cove known as "the flats". The mooring is =
ten minutes from my house and is on the south side of the RR drawbridge. =
No waiting for trains to get back home! No up and down with the mast. =
Only reason I got in was the R22's 20 inch draft. "The flats" have only =
2 feet of water at low tide. Few sailboats can deal with that. (I'll see =
how it works later this week when I actually moor my R22).
We pass the two ivory-white lighthouse towers at the base and at the =
point of the Saybrook Point jetty. After we get clear into the Sound I =
point the boat so the wind is to port and I unfurl the main. I cut the =
motor and we're sailing. I settle in for a couple of minutes to relax =
and get comfortable with the main. Light wind. The GPS indicates we're =
doin' about 2.5 to 3 mph. OK, let's get a little more adventurous. I =
unfurl the 175% genoa. The boat heels a little more and speed picks up =
to about 4 to 5 mph. I pull the sheet across the cockpit from starboard =
and cleat it on port. The R22 sails pretty flat. Very comfortable. The =
boats on the open water of the Sound are sparse and there's beautiful =
scenary on shore. Debbie picks out K. Hepburn's house, a landmark in =
Saybrook.
Caitlin's friends are underwhelmed by the relatively slow speed of =
sailing. They want to see boys. Caitlin, however, seems to enjoy the =
sailing. Debbie likes the calm of the sailing. She comments that it's =
relaxing.
The sailing was uneventful...I minimized the tacking. Slow going =
downwind on the way back. I had to fire up the outboard to get back =
quickly enough to satisfy Debbie's schedule for a meal at an Italian =
restaurant (Alforno's) in Old Saybrook.=20
When we made it back to the ramp dock. I tied off, got the trailer, =
and backed down the ramp. Still lots of ramp traffic, but I powered the =
R22 to the trailer, cut the engine, and she guided on beautifully. I =
cranked the R22 onto the trailer then pulled the trailer to an out of =
the way place to drop the mast. Debbie and the girls went to dinner. I =
remained at the ramp to square away the boat.
I was tired from the heat. My sweat ran. The mast didn't go down as =
quickly or easily as it went up. It took me 90 minutes to square away =
everything including the mast. I saw DEP officers detain a few returning =
boaters who looked overly inebriated.
So goes my initial sailing adventure with my R22. I look forward to =
sailing off a mooring.
Keith
-------------------------------------------------------------------------=
-----
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better
------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C23C8D.95CA8CD0
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sounds like you had a good time, two =
things to=20
watch out for on that mooring:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1)install a plague at the center board =
pennant "Did=20
You lift the centerboard", the problem is sooner or later you get back =
at the=20
mooring on high tide and leave the centerboard down. The board "pivots =
up" if is=20
settles to the bottom on a falling tide it will break the centerboard =
cap=20
flooding the boat. the foam will save the boat from sinking but a really =
pain-in-the-ass, BTW make sure to drain the water before bring it back =
on the=20
trailer(the water weight will crush boat/trailer)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2)sooner or later a full moon low and =
wind will=20
leave the boat on the mud, might glum up the centerboard opening, most =
times it=20
will clean it on it own, sometime a long screew drive needs to get a =
rock out(as=20
tilt it at the next low tide, or load onto trailer)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MJM</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Dbracknellk@yahoo.com =
href=3D"mailto:bracknellk@yahoo.com">Keith=20
Bracknell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Drhodes22-list@rhodes22.org=20
=
href=3D"mailto:rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org">rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org</A>=
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 05, 2002 =
2:04=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Rhodes22-list] First=20
Sailing--88 R22</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<P>[Aria is her name now. Haven't decided whether to rename her]</P>
<P>Saturday was hot! 90 deg F, 70 degree dewpoint. The DEP dockmaster =
gave me=20
space in the shade above the ramp so I could put up my mast. 45 =
minutes later=20
the mast was up. I'm dropping big beads of sweat, but =
feeling=20
pretty confident after raising the mast by myself. Lots of =
traffic. I=20
raised the mast through about 25 launchings. Stink boaters. </P>
<P>My wife (Debbie), 14 year old stepdaughter (Caitlin) and two =
of her=20
girlfriends arrived and were ready to launch. Caitlin and one of =
her=20
friends climb on my R22. I punch in 4WD on my =
SUV, back=20
the trailer down into the water, set the handbrake, walk to the hitch, =
and=20
release the winch. Then I back the trailer down a bit more=20
and tap the brakes hard. The boat pops loose and floats off =
the=20
trailer. The girls toss the bow and stern lines to=20
Debbie and Caitlin's other friend and I release the bow =
hook=20
from the trailer. I go park the trailer and by the time I get back the =
lines=20
are cleated. </P>
<P>I hop in, lower the tiller and fire up the outboard. Tide's =
flooding in=20
with a south wind so I get pushed up the Connecticut River off the =
dock.=20
Perfect. I swing the bow around and motor out to the RR bridge. The =
bridge's=20
down. Brief wait. The girls have are in bikinis on the foredeck. =
Innocence and=20
mischief. Caitlin's friends thinks they're going trolling for =
boys. </P>
<P>We motor through the bridge (strong flow in the current between the =
pilings) and join the parade of boats to Saybrook Point. I've watched =
these=20
boats many times from the shore-side. Nice to be on the water. Still =
hot! The=20
light breeze helps a little. </P>
<P>Power boaters roar by. The R22 throws off the wakes surprisingly =
well. The=20
girls wave and squeal at the boys they see. The girls in =
their=20
bikinis get attention. </P>
<P>After we've motored along for awhile Debbie points to a small =
forest of=20
masts on the other side of a narrow inlet: "Is that North=20
Cove?" "Girls," she says, "that's where we'll be mooring =
our boat."=20
Very little interest from the girls, but Debbie and I are pretty =
excited about=20
it. I just dropped a mooring with the Saybrook dockmaster this =
morning on=20
the edge of dredged area of the cove known as "the flats". The =
mooring=20
is ten minutes from my house and is on the south side of the RR =
drawbridge. No=20
waiting for trains to get back home! No up and down with the =
mast. Only=20
reason I got in was the R22's 20 inch draft. "The flats" have only 2 =
feet of=20
water at low tide. Few sailboats can deal with that. (I'll see how it =
works=20
later this week when I actually moor my R22).</P>
<P>We pass the two ivory-white lighthouse towers at the base and at =
the point=20
of the Saybrook Point jetty. After we get clear into the Sound I point =
the=20
boat so the wind is to port and I unfurl the main. I cut the motor and =
we're=20
sailing. I settle in for a couple of minutes to relax and get =
comfortable with=20
the main. Light wind. The GPS indicates we're doin' about 2.5 to 3 =
mph. OK,=20
let's get a little more adventurous. I unfurl the 175% genoa. The boat =
heels a=20
little more and speed picks up to about 4 to 5 mph. I pull the sheet =
across=20
the cockpit from starboard and cleat it on port. The R22 sails =
pretty=20
flat. Very comfortable. The boats on the open water of the Sound are =
sparse=20
and there's beautiful scenary on shore. Debbie picks out K. =
Hepburn's=20
house, a landmark in Saybrook.</P>
<P>Caitlin's friends are underwhelmed by the relatively slow speed of =
sailing.=20
They want to see boys. Caitlin, however, seems to enjoy the sailing. =
Debbie=20
likes the calm of the sailing. She comments that it's =
relaxing.</P>
<P>The sailing was uneventful...I minimized the tacking. Slow =
going=20
downwind on the way back. I had to fire up the outboard to get back =
quickly=20
enough to satisfy Debbie's schedule for a meal at an Italian =
restaurant=20
(Alforno's) in Old Saybrook. </P>
<P>When we made it back to the ramp dock. I tied off, got the trailer, =
and=20
backed down the ramp. Still lots of ramp traffic, but =
I powered the=20
R22 to the trailer, cut the engine, and she guided on beautifully. I=20
cranked the R22 onto the trailer then pulled the trailer to =
an out=20
of the way place to drop the mast. Debbie and the girls went to =
dinner. I=20
remained at the ramp to square away the boat.</P>
<P>I was tired from the heat. My sweat ran. The mast didn't go down as =
quickly=20
or easily as it went up. It took me 90 minutes to square away =
everything=20
including the mast. I saw DEP officers detain a few =
returning=20
boaters who looked overly inebriated.</P>
<P>So goes my initial sailing adventure with my R22. I look forward to =
sailing=20
off a mooring.</P>
<P>Keith</P>
<P><BR>
<HR SIZE=3D1>
<B>Do You Yahoo!?</B><BR><A href=3D"http://health.yahoo.com/">Yahoo! =
Health</A>=20
- Feel better, live better</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C23C8D.95CA8CD0--