[Rhodes22-list] First Sailing--88 R22
Keith Bracknell
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Tue, 6 Aug 2002 05:05:53 -0700 (PDT)
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Madison is a beautiful town. Lots of antique shops downtown. Guilford, right next to Madison, has some very nice restaurants on the town green. Dock and Dine at Saybrook Point is a good place to dock your boat and enjoy the parade of boats.
My boat's name is Aria, white over black hull.
Bill Berner wrote:
Congrats Keith.
Sounds like a really good day to me.
Old Saybrook is a great place to base from.
I’ll be in Madison with my boat from around the 20th of August until labor day.
I’ll keep an eye out for you. What’s your hull color?
BB
Bill Berner
191 South Broadway
Hastings on Hudson, NY 10706
v 914 478 2896
f 914 478 3856
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From: rhodes22-list-admin@rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-admin@rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Keith Bracknell
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 2:04 PM
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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<P>Madison is a beautiful town. Lots of antique shops downtown. Guilford, right next to Madison, has some very nice restaurants on the town green. Dock and Dine at Saybrook Point is a good place to dock your boat and enjoy the parade of boats.
<P>My boat's name is Aria, white over black hull.
<P> <B><I>Bill Berner <DBLBLD@ATTGLOBAL.NET></I></B>wrote:
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Congrats Keith.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sounds like a really good day to me.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Old Saybrook is a great place to base from.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’ll be in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Madison</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> with my boat from around the 20<SUP>th</SUP> of August until labor day.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’ll keep an eye out for you. What’s your hull color?</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">BB</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Bill Berner</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">191 South Broadway</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">v 914 478 2896</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">f 914 478 3856</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">[Aria is her name now. Haven't decided whether to rename her]</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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).</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">So goes my initial sailing adventure with my R22. I look forward to sailing off a mooring.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Keith</SPAN></FONT></P>
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