[Rhodes22-list] John and Jim and Picnic Boats

[Michael Meltzer]

Bos'n chair on a rhodes?????????????????????, that is crazy talk, the boat
does not have the keel for that, as in death, dismemberment and server
injurers, drop the mast, think about it for a second, half the ballast
weigh(or more) and the end of a 27 foot pole. Remember the cartoons of the
"seesaw" in physics class

-mjm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-
> bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of john Belanger
> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 11:29 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] John and Jim and Picnic Boats
> 
> thanks ed. i'll do that. what size line will fit thru that block for
> bos'n's chair?
> 
> ed kroposki <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:  John,
> You need to go to Edenton and take Commodore Spitzer to the Golden
> Coral and prime him for revelations on the history of General Boats. Yes,
> there was a boat called the Picnic 17 made by Stanley. A few were made and
> a couple are still around.
> The word picnic boat is descriptive of a class of boats, both power
> and sail. It probably is a marketing term; however, I leave it to you to
> do
> the appropriate research to define its usage. There have been several
> boats
> that use the term in their names. Jim pointed out a current production
> sail
> boat. If you look at the probable use of the boat it is day use boat that
> would take you out for a picnic. Hopefully that does not describe its
> sailing abilities.
> John, you seem to be the guy who helps everybody else get their boats
> in order. Gee, come east, Rummy wants help polishing his boat.
> As Rummy alluded, there is a difference in nautical terms from
> shimmying up the mast and going up in sling or boatswain's chair
> (http://www.bartleby.com/61/79/B0357900.html).
> At first the lady sailor implied she shimmied up the mast, and now
> we find that she needs a chair. However, if she knew the boat, she would
> know that on an IMF Rhodes 22 there is an extra block on top of the mast
> not
> in use. What Kevin needs to do is when the mast is down, run a halyard
> thru
> it for future use, like swinging ladies in boatswain's chairs.
> 
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC USA
> 
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