[Rhodes22-list] Problems with the launching of Carmie Anne

[Bob dietrich]

Jim,
I'll be looking for you when we sail up that area.  Join the Paupack Sailing
Club, we race every other Sunday and there are usually between 15 to 35
boats participating. Hope to see you.
Bob D.
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Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 11:37 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Problems with the launching of Carmie Anne


> I finally got the boat ready to launch after endless delays and a death in
> the family. My daughter and her husband came down from Mass. and we had
one day
> to get her in the water. It was Sat. it,was windy, it was choppy, and the
> marina was crowded.   After backing her off the trailer there was no room
to turn
> her around, so I kept backing her out between the two rows of big boats.
> Because of the heavy chop, the motor kept bobbing up out of the water and
just as I
> got ready to reverse direction ,the motor quit. The wind was between
1-15kts
> and I'm now driftng rapidly towards the docked boats. I had removed my
light
> anchor to replace the chain and I didn't have time to drop the main
anchor.
> Sooo, I told my daughter to drop the centerboard all the way(  it would
act as a
> brake as I  went up on the gravel shoreline and it would straighten out
the
> boat so I had some steerage.) There was one open slip at the end of the
docks
> and I got the boat close enough to get a line over a post and we  stopped
her
> just four feet from the shore. Neat way to start the season!!. I have now
> ordered a long shaft 4cycle Mercury as my other motor is burned out and
not
> trustworthy. I was amazed at how fast a motor can seize up! Live and
learn, and don't
> forget!
> For those of you who sail on Lake Wallenpaupack, in Pa., the Carmie Anne
has
> a dark blue hull, red rubline, and white topsides and she's docked at
Woodland
> Hills, next to the Cove Haven resort. I'll be up at the lake most of
August
> and would like to meet up with the other Rhodies on the lake.
> Jim Gifford
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