[Rhodes22-list] Stove Issues

[Saroj]

Ya gotta love this guy - Stan.  Having just completed a trip across this
great USA myself, I'm amazed at how casually he refers to it.  "just got
back ..."

I agree about the non-essential nature of a gimbled stove on a Rhodes.  I
use a $12.50 oriental single burner.  stows away quickly.  can be used
inside or out.  very, very simple and sweet.  An oven on a Rhodes22??  Who
in the world would want to be down below baking under sail on a 22' boat.
Oh, well - differences are what make the world interesting.

Saroj
----- Original Message -----
From: "General Boats" <wwrhodes at rhodes22.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Stove Issues


> Memo to all re: the new batten IMF,  stoves on gimbals and other
non-essentials
>
> Just drove in from Huntington Beach CA where we delivered a new boat to
Frank
> and Linda Mott and family, after showing it at the Oakland Show.
>
> It was the first try with the new main in the Pacific in a white capped
chop
> with Catalina Island in view.  Weather conditions called for lowering the
pop
> top, lowering the boom and shortening jib and main.  While we had
developed this
> sail to try and recover sail area lost in going from the standard main to
the
> IMF,  it appears the better feature is the fact that when reefed, the
shape goes
> from a triangle to more of a trapezoid and, what seemed to me, to be
better
> performance.
>
> With the reefed sail now being slightly more squarish, making sure that
the
> topping lift was slack and not fighting the mainsheet's pull on the boom
and
> positioning the boom outhaul car to meet the end of the sail and moving
the
> traveler car to remove leech twist, performance was impressive.
>
> Like all Rhodies, Frank Mott is a terrific guy and he invites you all to
come
> sailing with him.
>
> We received a call from a TX prospect who said his wife would not let him
buy
> the boat unless it came with an oven.
> We said it could not be done on a 22 but not wanting to lose a TX sale we
now
> have a Rhodes with a ss oven on gimbals with two burners built into its
top.
> The boat has not not been picked up yet so we can't report feedback - but
it is
> impressive and we mention it in view of the current gimbals cooking
thread.
>
> We are running late on deliveries (slow labor and slow receiving of
supplier
> parts) so please forgive slow responses to any questions and parts
shipments.
>
> thanks,
>
> stan/gbi
>
>
>
> Christine Allison wrote:
>
> > A swing stove is the best shipmate you can have!!!  Regardless of
conditions
> > you can warm a can of soup or make coffee or hot chocolate FAST and if
> > needed eat/drink it out of the deep cooking pot.  The more recent models
> > boil and heat MUCH faster then alcohol.
> >
> > If you figure on long passages, night sailing or just plain convenience
> > these stoves are a necessity!
> >
> > Richard Smith
> >
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