[Rhodes22-list] Oars -- Was dinghy motors

[Ben Schultz]

Speaking of oars, that reminds me of a story.  I don't think I've shared it
with this list, but forgive me if you've heard this before.

The admiral and I had a 4-5 day stretch off of work.  The plan was to sail
from our marina, take two daysails to get to the Missippi gulf coast, spend
a night eating, drinking, and gambling, and then make the return sails back.

The first night, we anchored in a small, gentle river through the marsh
where Louisiana turns into Mississippi.  It was a real nice setting.  The
night got a little cold, but not too bad.

When I went to start the motor in the morning, it cranked right up, but
there was nothing coming out of the cooling water discharge.  Uh-oh.  A rare
episode of good common sense kicked in, and we turned back toward home.

By mid-day, the wind had pretty much died entirely.  We sat.  Listened to a
football game.  Read.  Ate.  Still not moving.

>From noon until dusk, we made good about 1000 yards.  This brought us to a
drawbridge that we had to go under.  Just after dark, we got the faintest
wisper of a breeze, and asked the bridge operator to open up for us.

Of course, that breeze died entirely as the bridge started raising.  So, out
came the oars, and like a complete nut, I start paddling the Rhodes 22.  Let
me attest that this is a really, really heavy boat.

I don't know how long it took me to paddle under the bridge, but it seemed
like forever.  I rowed and rowed until I sucked wind audibly, rested for a
few seconds, and then started up again.  It was a serious labor.  Meanwhile,
the cars were backed up on the highway for as far as I could see.  I could
practically hear every wife in every passenger seat saying, "See, I told you
we should have taken the interstate."

Fast forwarding to around 4:00 am, I woke up and there was a really good
breeze.  I hurridly pulled up the anchor (dropped when I finally gave in and
went to bed earlier), and started sailing.  That wind took us all the way by
aroudn 8:00 or 9:00 in the morning.  By then, we were completely out of
lantern oil, battery power.  We used the last of our stove fuel on morning
coffee.  The only energy source on the boat was the useless gasolene for the
engine!



-----Original Message-----
From: m w [mailto:weedface2 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 13:20
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] dinghy motors


oars.  two big viking style OARS along with a request
for saddam & one other to pull on them. wieght?? fuel:
snickers and pepsi preferably on ice . also a transom
spider hole; it could double as a pora potie stash.:)
--- SVTRITON at aol.com wrote:
> hi all
> im looking at inflatables and motors and have a question...since ill
> be carrying the motor a lot, weight is a big factor...i
> want a four stroke and found 
> the two lightest are the nissan and the suzuki..both
> the same weight...55 lbs 
> for the 6 horsepower...does anybody know how good
> these engines are...i have a 
> yamaha 8 on my rhodes which has been bulletproof but
> the 6 is over 75 
> lbs...comments are welcome
> bets
> tom
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