[Rhodes22-list] Heart Attack Question?

[General Boats]

ed - you always take me so seriously
ss/gbi

Kroposki wrote:

> Stan:
>         Who had the heart attack?  I thought that you said you never
> have been seriously sick nor in the hospital?  Was it the helper who
> landed in the drink?
>        Ed K
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of General Boats
> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 8:47 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Steep Launch Question
>
> All:
>
> Launching the Rhodes on a Rhodes trailer is a single handed job I have
> done an
> untold number of time all over the country - which suggests you may have
> to get
> to my age before you get it right.:
>
> make sure the cb and rudder are locked up.
>
> make sure the trailer winch is disconnected from the boat.
>
> use the extension tongue.
>
> slowly back down the ramp making a straight entry into the water. (I use
> a hitch
> on the front of the van to avoid neck strain and it lets me thread a
> needle.)
>
> start picking up speed.
>
> when the transom of the boat lifts off the trailer, apply the car
> breaks.
>
> the boat will self launch.
>
> dive in and swim after it using the transom boarding ladder.  alternate
> single
> handed method it to have a sufficiently slack line to the boat with the
> other
> end to the ramp dock or to the trailer to retrieve the boat after it
> clears the
> trailer.  I have used both methods successfully.  the last swimming
> technique
> was fully dressed using an Australian racing stroke to board the boat
> before it
> hit a million dollar yacht in Newport Harbor.  the technique was
> successful in
> spite of the a heart attack.
>
> try and do this operation single handed  - using helpers only leads to
> laughing
> which is no good for people with broken ribs.  helpers tend to panic as
> the boat
> leaves the trailer so they pull on the lines prematurely, returning the
> boat to
> the trailer.    the driver is thus surprised to find the boat still on
> the
> trailer when he or she takes the trailer out of the water.
>
> in another instance the helper ran along the dock holding the boat line
> and off
> the end of the dock when the momentum of the boat leaving the trailer
> took the
> helper along with it..  I became aware of this when I no longer could
> see the
> helper anywhere.
>
> good luck.    retrieving is even easier, however, while there is no
> charge for
> launching instructions, a voluntary $25 donation to the GBI foundation
> is
> required if you ever want to get a Rhodes out of the water.
>
> stan/gbi
>
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