[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes 22 Questions

[David Bradley]

Dave, the hole in the cockpit floor is for the table, if you want to use it
at anchor or at the dock.  Makes a nice bar.  For rum.  I wouldn't try to
cover it 'cause then you'll probably just trap water in there.

I also got the UPP.  You can buy a wire outboard motor safety cable at West
Marine.  I was staring at mine to figure out where to put it a safety calbe
but didn't come up with anything.  I don't want to drill a new hole.  I do
have a cable - the one I never got around to putting on my last boat.  Let's
see if anyone has any ideas.  I've never heard of a motor falling off the
back of a boat, but I have heard of someone DROPPING a motor trying to
attach it -- that's when I might think about running a line around the stern
rail.




On 5/21/06, DCLewis1 at aol.com <DCLewis1 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> Folks,
>
> We're still sorting out our new(to us) R22.  I've got a few
> questions  that
> some of you may have dealt with already.  I'd appreciate any  input:
>
> - On our cockpit floor about 2/3 towards the stern there's a metal
> flange  in
> the floor along the centerline.  The flange is 6" x 6", with a 2 1/8"  dia
> hole in it.  At the bottom of the hole there's a large nut.  There  is no
> top on
> the 2" hole and over time water, pollen, etc collects from rain,  hose
> downs,
> etc.  Should there be a cover over that hole, or a plug in the  hole, to
> keep
> the water out?  What have you found to be good  practice?
>
> - We have the standard UPP package.  There does not appear to be a  safety
> attachment that would bind the motor to the boat if it were to fall
> of  the
> transom.  Of course, the motor is clamped to the UPP motor mount and
> we  have
> locks on those clamps.  I've seen some boating literature that suggest  a
> safety
> attachment (I'm not referring to a safety lanyard to kill the
> ignition,  I'm
> referring to something to keep the motor attached to the boat in the
> event  it
> literally fell of the transom).  Do you guys ( and gals) use a separate
> safety attachment - perhaps something like a ski lock passed around the
> stern
> pulpit and through the motor mount - or do you think the standard transom
> attachment is sufficient?
>
> - I've had a little difficulty getting the head sail from one side to the
> other when tacking.  It will  hang up on the  spreaders/turnbuckles.  Is
> that
> just an art I have yet to master, or is  there some trick?  For example,
> should
> I recover part of the head sail on  the roller furler before pulling the
> head
> sail sheets to move the sail from one  side of the boat to the
> other?  Should
> I tape the turnbuckles to minimize  hang ups?  Turnbuckle covers?  What
> works?
>
> - About 1/3 of the way down the side of the hull from the bow there is a
> small protrusion in each side of the hull.  They are below the rub
> rail,  but
> well above the waterline.  What are those things?
>
> Thanks for any help or comments.
>
> Dave
>
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