[Rhodes22-list] Questions on outfitting R22 in Great Lakes

[Mary Lou Troy]

Keith - can't answer your questions for Lake Erie but this will be our 6th 
season with the R22 on the Chesapeake. answers below.

At 07:24 AM 2/2/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>  What's your thoughts on:
>1. The traveler capability to maintain adequate sail trim.
This is the only boat we've ever had with a traveler. It works well. We are 
thinking of tying the ends of our traveler lines together to make a 
continuous loop for simpler adjustments - there was some discussion of that 
here a few weeks ago. In my mind, the larger sail trim questions with the 
standard R22 setup (IMF main and GBI furling jib) are the lack of halyards 
and thus your ability to tension the luff.

>2. Best head sail options for summer  sea and wind conditions.
Probably different for the Chesapeake and Lake Erie. We have the 175 genoa 
(GBI furling) and a Doyle UPS. That covers most conditions except when the 
wind really pipes up. When we go to replace the genoa (still a few years 
away) we'll probably get a furler that allows us to change headsails, get a 
fairly large genoa (150 or a little larger) and a smaller working jib.

>3. Experience w/ mast head pin assembly, any failures ?
Never heard of a failure.

>4. How does the R22 handle the Great Lakes chop?
Dunno but we handle massive powerboat chop in some of the river entrances 
on the Bay just fine. The Chesapeake also builds steep chop in winds 
roughly 17 knots and up. We've done just fine in that.

>5.  Outboard power options 9.9 vrs others.
We've got a 6 year old Honda 8. It's about all the weight I'd want on the 
stern (and Honda's models have changed since then). Fred and I can get it 
off the boat while it's in the slip but it's a real chore. The 8 has enough 
oomph to take us Kent Narrows against the current and it kept us into the 
wind during a fairly significant (but brief) storm on the Chesapeake. I can 
start it but electric start would be nice. We have added remote controls 
which put throttle and shift on a pedestal (table leg - removable) under 
the tiller. We really like that arrangement. No experience with the Yamaha 
9.9, but people seem to like it.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Ft. Washington, PA / Swan Creek, MD







>Any other thoughts or suggestions in outfitting an R22 for these 
>conditions would be appreciated. thanks and regards Keith
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