[Rhodes22-list] Seeking advices on accesories for 1983 Rhodes 22

[Mary Lou Troy]

Kenny,
Can't help with most of your questions but there are a couple I have some 
thoughts on.

At 01:13 PM 9/13/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>-Mostly for weekender use. Can trailer up after use. Currently have a 
>porta potty. No problem putting chemical in it, and dumping it out in 
>toilet after use, but thought a pump out might be convenient for longer 
>trip/visit to other marinas. Is pump-out necessary when visiting marinas, 
>i.e. can't take porta potty out and dump ?

We have the portapotti. Depending on where you trailer to, a pumpout could 
be hard to find. They are more plentiful in some places than others. For 
example, while they are available at many marinas in Maryland, the county 
launch ramps don't have those facilities so if we were launching there, a 
pumpout at a marina would be an extra trip. We usually just bring ours home 
for dumping and cleaning. I've never found a marina that specifically 
prohibited dumping a porta-potti. Marinas with lots of small boats 
sometimes have a facility for dumping porta-pottis. Otherwise we just dump 
it in the bathroom. The fancier the marina, the more likely that we will 
dump it late at night.

>-Definitely want at least a bimini top to keep the sun out. Boom Room 
>seems to be an overkill, especially if it costs an arm and a leg, and 
>inconvenient to set-up/tear down, and can't be use as a sun screen during 
>the day & while sailing

We really like our bimini. Shade in the hot sun, a bit of dry in the rain. 
It does add excess windage. We usually fold ours up sailing in winds over 
12-15 knots. When folded it's less in the way forward on the cabintop but 
it's there. We don't have a boom room but we spend lots of nights at 
marinas and the pop-top enclosure makes that possible. Standing headroom, 
privacy and screens. Stock biminis are available from lots of marine 
catalogs. Aluminum bows are cheaper than stainless though not as sturdy. 
The best prices may be Overton's. There seem to be a couple of different 
attachment arrangements. Ours is a two bow bimini. It attaches to bases 
screwed into the top of the coaming. Others have bases that slide on the 
genoa track. Don't have the dimensions at hand but you want it wide enough 
to attach to your desired attachment point and just high enough to fit 
under the boom in the up position so you can sail with it up.

>-Can get 110V from the house when trailer up, and if the only good use is 
>for charging the battery, then 100V hookup/distribution/installation/cost 
>do not seem warranted

We keep the boat in a slip and 110 is convenient for charging. We run an 
electric light with a clip base and a gooseneck, a hot-pot (we're tea 
drinkers), a fan and a charger. It's handy when we bring tools to the boat 
or a vacuum. We don't have solar.

Hope this is helpful.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Swan Creek, MD / Ft. Washington, PA