[Rhodes22-list] Boat toys.

[Bob Weber]

Rummy, Good for your wife, she really is sentimental.  MY wife got me one 
for christmas a couple years ago.  The speed function is a little erratic I 
think a wheel would show you trends better but I share your feelings with 
cockpit clutter.  I made a washboard to fit in the companion way and mounted 
a compass on that and my GPS is velcro'ed next to it with a hole for the dc 
plug.  I do a lot of night sailing and a compas comes in handy since you 
cant see any telltaile or masthead fly.  I take the wind direction when 
raising the main and then do the math to figure what point of sail I am on.  
You would think you could just look at the waves but on our lake there can 
be 20 degree difference between waves and wind (it is a pita sometimes).  
The washboard gets removed when not needed and stored up in the vberth.  Bob 
Weber


>From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Boat toys.
>Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 10:54:26 EDT
>
>Everybody knows that I like to keep a cockpit clear of crap and that's why 
>I
>don't have all the fancy gizmos that a lot of R22 owners have. I don't even
>have a bulk head compass. Don't need one for where I sail and never wanted 
>one.
>Personally I like to lean up against the bulk heads while drinking a cold 
>one.
>Well, yesterday was my birthday and my wife, being the ever thoughtful 
>person
>that she is, got me a Magellan color GPS. Very neat and it has a lot of
>possibilities. I really like the feature that tells me how fast I'm going. 
>I've
>never had any idea before now. We tried it out Saturday afternoon and came 
>close
>to hull speed a few times. I think it's probably more accurate than a 
>paddle
>wheel knot meter. It will probably take me a while to figure out how to use 
>all
>the tools, but I like it already.
>
>Rummy
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