[Rhodes22-list] Generator

[Bill Effros]

Brad,

Weren't you part of the small portable generator discussion?  The more 
I've thought about it, (and after hearing how quietly they run) the more 
interested I've become in that idea.

Did you decide against it?  Wouldn't that have solved your problem?

Bill Effros

brad haslett wrote:

>Anne,
>
>Let's not be to harsh on the Bohemians.  I'm beginning
>to think of myself as a Bohemian sailor.  My oldest
>boy and his friends survived Spring Break on the boat,
>the boat didn't fare as well.  They stayed up all
>night partying while I slept in the aft cabin.  The
>second morning we cranked the engine and motored for
>about 30 minutes until the wind picked up, and then
>raised the sails and a few toasts.  When the wind died
>down we stowed canvas and attempted to start the
>diesel ginny.  Click, Click, Click!  My battery
>charger quit a couple of months ago (it was a salvage
>unit off the Mayflower), the replacement is on
>backorder from Sailnet, and apparently we didn't motor
>enough to recover from the gazillion hours of stereo
>use.  "Not to worry boys!  Its a sailboat!"  The
>current was drifting us pretty quickly to a rocky
>shore so I unstowed the main, manned the helm, and had
>Spencer man the halyard winch.  I'm not sure what
>happened but when the main was fully-up it had about a
>two-foot tear in the top panel.  We sailed back to the
>inlet to my marina with what wind (and sail)we had and
>then flagged down a pontoon boat for a tow.  Not just
>any pontoon boat, a 350 cubic inch V-8 powered pontoon
>boat (didn't know they made such a thing).  I pulled
>the main off the boat, threw it in a sailbag for
>repairs, and pressed on with the week.  I purchased a
>cheap battery charger from Wal-Mart to finish the
>week's frivolities and sailed on the ginnies, both
>iron and fabric.
>
>Now here's the deal:  my old main was pretty tired
>anyway.  Last year I debated replacing it but sent it
>to SailCare instead.  It came back still somewhat
>dingy and baggy, unlike the sails I sent to them off
>the Rhodes-22.  You can only do so much with an old
>sail.  Replacement costs run from $900+ to $2000
>depending on the vendor and features.  I'm debating
>going to a Doyle StackPack.  They haven't given me a
>quote yet but I understand its quite expensive.  Do
>you or anyone on the list have any experience with the
>StackPack or know anyone who does?  If my boat were
>newer I might consider boom-furling but it doesn't
>make economic sense now.  Of course, I could just sell
>the damn thing, get another Rhodes-22, and build a
>cabin on the lake which is what I wanted to do in the
>first place!
>
>Brad Haslett
>s/v "CoraShen"  (Bohemian registry)
>
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