[Rhodes22-list] Sunday sail.

[Wally Buck]

Rummy,

We had some of the same here in TN. Other than a strong rain storm Saturday 
we had a great weekend on the water. I made it about 30 miles upriver and 
about 10 miles back before we pulled into a cove for the night. The wind was 
perfect; we could sail up and down the river hardly tacking at all. 
Hopefully winter will take it's time in showing up. I love the fall season.

>From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Sunday sail.
>Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:42:55 EDT
>
>Ed was correct when he said the lake was a little nasty yesterday, just the
>way I like it. I had the genny furled to about 100% and the sheets inside 
>the
>shrouds. I dropped the pop top and lowered the boom. This is something I 
>have
>never, ever had to do before, but I didn't have any crew (ballast) along, 
>so I
>had little choice. The winds started out at around 20 mph and increased the
>longer I was out there. Finally, after a couple of hours of wearing myself 
>out,
>I furled all sails and motored in. I looked around me asnd there wasn''t
>another sail on the lake. As I motored back, I pulled my handy dandy wind 
>meter out
>and clocked gusts in the 33 mph range. Rum Runner handled the chop and the
>wind beautifully. I did find another boat out as I motored 
>in...........another
>R22, "R Yot" belonging to Rodger and Betty. They had their main wrapped 
>around
>the boom and were sailing with their 175 genny partially furled.
>A good time was had by all.
>
>Rummy
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