[Rhodes22-list] Memorial Day Plans

[Julie Thorndycraft]

Rummy,
We have the battened mainsail and it came with two fiberglass rods - one was
long and was inserted into the pocket as the batten. One was short and was
to be used to help push the pocket for the long batten into the slot. Of
course, the first time I got to sail last summer was an extremely gusty day
and the batten flew out into the lake - we obviously hadn't gotten it in
correctly. We replaced it with a fiberglass rod of about the same size. When
we launch this year, we plan on leaving it in for the season. We also have
an extra in case we loose this one.
Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Memorial Day Plans


> Roger,
> To bad about your weather. You can have some of the 90 degree heat we've
> got. We haven't had any significant rain in over two weeks.
> The Old Town canoes we had were the wooden framed jobs with a painted
canvas
> over the frame. Considered heavy to the Grumman aluminum canoes,  tippy,
but
> very, very fast. I always took the speed over the stability of  the
aluminum.
> Portaging a mile or so it didn't seem to make much difference with  the
yolk.
> We had three people to a canoe and two packs. One with the large old
canvas
> tents and our sleeping bags and personal stuff and the other with  the
cook
> utensils and food. I always took the canoe over the cook pack.
> We changed out the main sail on Rum Runner this morning. Two hours from
> start to finish. My hat is off to GB for making the sails replaceable
(went from
> Lee to Doyle) without changing so much as a screw hole. Good job Stan.
Anyone
> know what the extra fiberglass rod is for?
> The wind didn't cooperate today, so I haven't had a chance to sail it yet.
I
> will let you know how it goes when the wind blows.
> Rummy
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