[Rhodes22-list] MJM - What's the story

[Glen & Dorene Barrera]

All and all, sounds like a good 13 hours on the water. Glad everything went
okay.

Lots of rain in the Chgo. area that day.

Glen


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Meltzer" <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] MJM - What's the story


> all went well. got off the dock around 2pm, The inboard diesel is great
but the propwalk is a killer for the moves I need to make
> getting off the dock. I need to try a spring line next time. motor out to
the harbor. as usual if I need to be somewhere the winds
> would not cooperate. The winds were about 5 knot and I was making 2, the
boat is undercanvased for such light air. I have to try the
> spinnaker next time. motor sailed for about an hour. the winds picked up
to about 8 knot and became a real sail boat :-) making
> about 5 knots now. boat is allot stiffer. full keel down and doing a
reach, stay on the same tack for about 4 hours, winds got 10
> gusting to 12+-, boat handed great, petty good tracking and never picked
up more than 15 degrees. The rudder does feel a little
> undersized and could be more balanced(more cord forward). got down to
playland about 7pm. anchor than had to anchor again because we
> where chased back. Feed everyone, they must have been hungry they ate my
cooking :-) The fireworks where nice but short, might have
> been a misfire that stopped the show. Greenwich show was about 1.5 miles
away(timing the booms) so we watch that for an other 3/4
> hour. everything wrapped up around 10:30. The weather was predicting a
storm line coming thought in the mooring so we headed back.
> No wind with mist and fog, but a full moon. Motored back doing some buoy
hoping with GPS and running a parallel course a very lite
> up tow/barge. got into the docks about 3am, got some sleep and took
everyone out to breakfast. They got the rain right(about 2
> inches) but no thunder that I heard. It realy does use about 1/2 gallion
per egine hour. Sorry not to many powerboat storys, most
> keep thier distance. Onlt one jerk who I thought was going to eat my rode
when he crossed in frount of me.
>
> MJM
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ben Schultz" <BenS at ApproSystems.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 9:15 AM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] MJM - What's the story
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> > All right Michael,
> >
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> >
> > Let's hear the story of how the sail to the fireworks show went.  Those
of
> > us in flyover country have to think real hard to picture all those boats
> > jostling for position under the big-time explosives.
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> >
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> > Ben
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