[Rhodes22-list] UPS Sail Again

[Peter Thorn]

Mark,

Recently I've been reading Jobst Vandrey's account of his sailing
adventures, first in a Compac 19 and subsequently in a Pacific Seacraft
Flicka.  I like Vandrey's very practical and simple approach to cruising.

He determined that, since it is not CG legal to burn a steaming light and an
anchor light at the same time, his boat would be fitted with a toggle on the
mast switching between the two.  This seems worth passing on.

PT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Kaynor" <mark at kaynor.org>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 3:32 PM
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] UPS Sail Again


> Gil, Fred,
>
> I was initially going to keep the steaming light and add the LED anchor
> light on another switch. I found a four-conductor cabin top connector in
the
> West Marine catalog that's the same shape and size as Raven's current
> two-conductor connector. Unfortunately, the wire I ordered with it was way
> too big for the strain relief fitting on the connector, so I just decided
> the heck with it. There aren't many chandleries up here in the mountains
> <g>.
>
> Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Eaton, Gil
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 3:00 PM
> To: 'The Rhodes 22 mail list'
> Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] UPS Sail Again
>
>
> Hi Fred,
> How did you connect the two lights to the cabin top?  I just have
> two male plugs (steaming and anchor) and one female plug, but has to be a
> better way.  Just would like to avoid another plug in the cabin top....
> Thanks,
> gil
> Gil Eaton
> S/V Closing Time
> Spring Cove Marina
> Rock Hall, MD
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Fred Kaiser
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 12:32 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] UPS Sail Again
>
>
> At 10:50 AM 2/11/2004 -0600, you wrote:
> >Your masthead setup looks very much like mine.  I just bought
> >the Davis masthead light and it sounds like I will also replace
> >my steaming light with the halyard restrainer.  Did yoo use the
> >one provided by Doyle?  Thanks for all of the useful information.
> >
> >Ron
>
> I also added a Davis mast head light this winter but I kept the steaming
> light.
> I mounted my UPS halyard restrainer supplied by Doyle 6.5 inches below the
> mast top.  The steaming light begins at 10.5 inches from the mast top.
> After using the UPS last season here doesn't appear to be any chaff on the
> halyard.  The halyard doesn't seem to rub against the light at all.  Now
to
> get my new mast head vhf antenna connected.
>
>
> Fred Kaiser
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Swan Creek, MD / Ft Washington PA
>
>
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