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

[Bob Weber]

Jim, good story.  I almost recked my boat on her maiden launching.  Stan 
should really have the first page of his manual to read "The first launch is 
the most dangerous - prepare for the unexpected".  My problem had to do with 
access to the motor controls around the motor lift.  I now have a brail 
system that works quiet well.  Bob Weber


>From: LafingBear at aol.com
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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Problems with the launching of Carmie Anne
>Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 23:37:42 EDT
>
>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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