[Rhodes22-list] lines - This is for Elle, again
Bud Connor
budconnor at earthlink.net
Fri Apr 20 07:39:21 EDT 2007
Elle,
the lift would keep your boat out of the water and well protected
from the weather you had a few days ago, and you wouldn't need
to worry about the tide. Sailboat lifts are designed a little differently
that a standard power boat lift. Sailboat lifts do not require you to
step the mast.
-Bud
elle wrote:
>Bud,
>
>Why? Wouldn't the lift be in the way?
>
>elle
>
>--- Bud <budconnor at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>>elle,
>> sounds like you are ready for a boat lift.
>>
>>-Bud
>>
>>elle wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi, Leland,
>>>
>>>No, the slip is not narrow....it is a dockside
>>>
>>>
>>tie-up
>>
>>
>>>w/ outboard pilings...it's the huge tides we've
>>>
>>>
>>been
>>
>>
>>>having. To have enough slack to let it drop on the
>>>extreme lows yet keep it off the dock on the high
>>>
>>>
>>has
>>
>>
>>>been tricky. I settled for letting the boat just
>>>
>>>
>>bump
>>
>>
>>>against the dock (got lots of padding on the dock
>>>
>>>
>>plus
>>
>>
>>>fenders also) if the strong wind pushed it .
>>>
>>>
>>Otherwise
>>
>>
>>>the cinder block on the outboard spring line holds
>>>
>>>
>>it
>>
>>
>>>off nicely...
>>>
>>>I'd been adjusting the lines on the extremes these
>>>last few days with the strong winds &
>>>
>>>
>>tides...thought
>>
>>
>>>I'd had it...forgot to mark them before we went out
>>>tonite...now I have to do it
>>>.....all.......over.......again...
>>>
>>>;^)
>>>
>>>
>>>elle
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>--- Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Elle,
>>>>
>>>>I'm no mathematician, so my figurin' may not be
>>>>
>>>>
>>drop
>>
>>
>>>>dead accurate. Based
>>>>on the the Rhodes' 8'6" beam, you should get about
>>>>5% more play if you cross
>>>>your lines. If your line from your boat to the
>>>>
>>>>
>>dock
>>
>>
>>>>is 10', you would only
>>>>lose 6" by not crossing your line.
>>>>
>>>>At my marina, boats that can cross their stern
>>>>
>>>>
>>lines
>>
>>
>>>>do, but many don't have
>>>>a practical means to cross their bow llines.
>>>>
>>>>Unless you have a very narrow slip, I wouldn't
>>>>
>>>>
>>worry
>>
>>
>>>>about it.
>>>>
>>>>Lee
>>>>1986 Rhodes22 At Ease
>>>>Crab Alley (Kent Island, MD)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>elle wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Already been there & back, Ed. I decided not to
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>do
>>
>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>so
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>as my arms do not drag the ground & therefore are
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>not
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>long enough unless I hang down over the stern.
>>>>>
>>>>>Not my best side to present to any guests on
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>board...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>But thanks...
>>>>>
>>>>>elle
>>>>>
>>>>>--- Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Elle:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You said, "One thing I wish I could do is to
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>cross
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>the stern lines rather
>>>>>>than the current arangement..."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Evaluate some of the unique features of the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>Rhodes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>22 in your solving this
>>>>>>issue. You said Stern lines? The Rhodes 22 has
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>two
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>large sturdy U-Bolts on
>>>>>>the outsides of the transom. Why not use lines
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>with
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>clips to these? Should
>>>>>>be low enough to cross?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ed K
>>>>>>Greenville, SC, USA
>>>>>>Important sailing link:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>http://www.peterbrodie.com/clips/short-clip-janet-feld-summer-breeze.mp3
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>View this message in context:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>http://www.nabble.com/Spring-lines---reply-to-Wally-tf3600674.html#a10077326
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at
>>>>>>Nabble.com.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>We can't change the angle of the wind....but we
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>can adjust our sails.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>1992 Rhodes 22 Recyc '06 "Water Music"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>(Lady
>>
>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>in Red)
>>>>
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>>>
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>>
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