[Rhodes22-list] Get the Junk Out

[John Tonjes]

Bill,
I'm with you on removing all the junk on the boat. We all tend to have to
much stuff on board. However, the extra keg is a necessity, not a luxury.
The crew gets real ugly when you run out of rum.

Rummy


> [Original Message]
> From: Bill Effros <bill at effros.com>
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: 7/9/2003 9:06:09 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Get the Junk Out
>
> Joe,
>
> The R-22 has so much storage space there's a tendency to try to fill it =
> all simply because you've got it.  Ever since I got my boat 6 years ago =
> I've been taking stuff off it that I brought aboard the first year.  I =
> hope to get all the junk out by year 10.
>
> The criterion is simple: anything that was never used in the previous =
> year is removed.   (Except safety equipment and required items.)
>
> All this extra stuff weighs a surprising amount.
>
> Now that a lot of it is gone, my boat rides much higher in the water.  I =
> pay a lot of attention to trim, moving stuff around to keep the boat =
> sailing straight without adjustment.
>
> My boat is bow heavy on the mooring, with the bottom of the stern almost =
> visible.  I have a light motor, weighing barely 60 lbs.  I don't carry =
> enough extra gas to motor to Panama.  I have 5 light-weight anchors that =
> I move around to adjust trim.  I don't have an all chain rode.   I have =
> 2 batteries, which is one more than I really need.  I frequently empty =
> my holding tank.  I don't sail with a full water tank.  I don't =
> provision an extra keg "just in case..."
>
> When people come on board they provide the extra trim in the cockpit, so =
> I sail neither bow nor stern heavy.  I never see water in the cockpit.  =
> I sail upright.  I can infinitely adjust the IMF and my 175 genny so =
> everything stays under control.  (My sail shapes are neither "beautiful" =
> nor classic--but they sure are efficient--and I sail when everyone else =
> is motoring.)  No one gets wet unless they want to.  Because the space =
> under the cockpit seats is largely empty I can unobtrusively change trim =
> while underway, moving things from side to side or fore and aft.
>
> Watch the water on board to adjust the trim.  Pour a little in the =
> cockpit.  Which way does it go?  Pour a little on the front deck.  Which =
> way does it go?
>
> I never see water in the cockpit unless I put it there.  I have no need =
> for a cockpit drain plug.
>
> Bill Effros
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: Ware, Joseph W.=20
> To: List Rhodes (E-mail)=20
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 11:40 AM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Cockpit Under Water
>
>
> I was out this past week with 7 people on board.  4 adults and three =
> kids.
> We had tons of wind, and had the genny furled from 100% down to 10% and
> still brought water over the rail, as well as across the bow.  My =
> question
> is, with this many people in the boat, we had water in the cockpit all =
> day.
> Is this normal, and is there any way to change the balance forward to
> eliminate the stern from sitting so low?
>
> Joe
> s/v Whisper
>
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