[Rhodes22-list] Shorties

[Bill Effros]

In response to my request last winter, Stan made me some shorties -- a 
Short Tiller and a Short Mast.

I think Art now uses a Short Mast -- he can tell you more.

The idea behind the short tiller is that the amount of effort required 
for the R-22 tiller is so low that you could have a much shorter 
tiller.  This has proved to be true some times, but not others.

The second idea was that since an auto tiller requires only 18" of 
tiller, you could use a much shorter tiller when on Auto Tiller, and not 
have the rest of the stick flopping around the cockpit.  My Auto Tiller 
(bought 3 years ago and still in the box) came with wired remote 
control, and I thought it would be fun to use the cabin as a pilot 
house, steering the boat as if there were no one on board.  I hope to 
try this out this summer.

Bill Effros

elle wrote:
> Rummy,
>
> Same question: How many times have you sailed an R-22
> with a wheel?? Come on up when it gets here & try it.
> It won't change your mind, but may make you a bit less
> against it. (maybe not...you may not fit between the
> wheel & lazarette..;^))
>
> Reread my response: I prefer tiller, but i don't sail
> the way you do (no criticism). I want to get back on
> the water. Period. The wheel will help me do that. I
> have  no one to sail with. Gotta be able to deal with
> whatever comes up. Alone. 
>
> My choice was no boat (sailed an R-22 w/ a tiller & it
> didn't work...tiller was in my way), or a boat w/a few
> tradeoffs to get out on the water.
>
> If you were faced with this seeming Hobson's choice,
> would you sit on the dock & watch everyone sail away??
>
> No contest. We deal the hand we've been dealt. 
>
> If I still had my guy to sail with, this discussion
> would not even be happening: I'd still have the 34,
> and my guy, and we'd be in the Abacos right now.
>
> I don't need to defend my decision, and I'm sure this
> will change no one's mind. It's a great boat w/ a
> modification...And it's terrific that the boat sails
> so great even though it was not designed for a wheel..
>
> BTW.....I've sailed it for quite a long time on a
> brisk day on Albemarle Sound...as I wasn't convinced
> that it would work for me.
>
> and BTW..I didn't put it on...it was already there.
> Talk to the guy who did the original mod...
>
> So live & let live & be happy that this boat can be
> adapted to fiit the individual ways we we sail, rather
> than vice-versa.
>
> THAT's a great boat.
>
> elle
>
>
> --- R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>
>   
>> Elle,
>> I'm sorry, but I'm with Bill on this one. I don't
>> think a wheel on a R22 is  
>> very practical. I could be wrong, but I don't think
>> so.
>>  
>> Rummy
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> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
>
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