[Rhodes22-list] Watermusic sings! Bill & Rummy..sincere thanks

[elle]

You know, Ed, you may have a kernel of an idea
there...remember, this is the first design of this
type...and all good designs need tweaking....this is
not in its last iteration....we WILL make it comfy &
safe...

Actually...one issue was the location of the solar
panel on the laz lid...if we moved it (which we did
discuss) then the seat could go back farther  and
perhaps lowered also, as the sight line to the cabin
top will be changed.

I believe that that particular solar panel is for the
battery that runs the motor lift...but as my engine
has an alternator  and if engine & lift motor are
wired to that battery in the laz....might that keep
the battery charged enough for the lift to allow the
removal of the panel??

Ideas, anyone???

elle


--- Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:

> 
> Elle: 
> 
> Get Stan to install a motorized seat the goes up and
> down and port and
> starboard, with an extension arm on the pedestal and
> a control for adjusting
> lit like on a car with adjustable steering wheel. 
> It would give Stan a
> challenge.  But then it would alliviate Rummy's
> concerns.
> 
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
> 
> 
> 
> elle wrote:
> > 
> > Rummy, 
> > 
> > I more than appreciate your comments; in fact, you
> > echo what I brought up when I went down on Wed to
> GBI.
> > (Stan wasn't there..) I felt (and still feel )
> that
> > the seat is too high...yet, I need to be able to
> see
> > over the cabin top (pop top down) when seated.
> I've
> > tried an 8" foam helm seat that we have & it was
> still
> > not high enough. I suspect that I will mostly
> stand at
> > the helm and lean against the seat, especially if
> > winds are strong or fluky, sitting only during
> times
> > of extreme boredom.
> > 
> > I was accompanied by a sailing friend of long
> > standing, and we've decided to let the seat
> adjustment
> > go until she is launched. I can then get a good
> idea
> > of sight lins from the helm. It will be not a
> problem
> > to cut the support stem a few inches to lower it,
> and
> > we will most likely do so.
> > 
> > Bill, thank you also for the information on jib
> > control from the helm. That is excellent advice
> and
> > will add it to the list (see below.) As for
> > heaving-to, I will have to relearn that and many
> > things that I have simply forgotten from lack of
> use
> > in the past few years. 
> > 
> > (My friend spent two hours going over the boat &
> > making a three page list of what I need to learn,
> find
> > in my collection of boat stuff, make, store &
> acquire.
> > )
> > 
> > Again, I am most appreciative of your comments &
> > welcome them all.  The beauty of this list is the
> > collective knowledge of its many accomplished
> members.
> > I am willing to listen to all.
> > 
> > elle
> > 
> > --- R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> > 
> >> Elle,
> >> You really are getting a highly modified R22. It
> >> looks as though General  
> >> Boats has gone all the way in trying to meet your
> >> needs. Having sailed my  boat 
> >> for many years, I know how fast it can go from
> flat
> >> sailing to healing  
> >> uncontrollably. I'm going to caution you that
> this
> >> is not a safe setup.(In my  
> >> opinion) I know this is what you have asked for
> and
> >> GB gave you what you  wanted, 
> >> but I don't like it and I would never, ever sail
> >> from that stern seat.  This is 
> >> a 22 foot sailboat and it does not handle like a
> 30
> >> footer. 
> >> I'm sorry that I have to be the one to bring this
> >> up, but obviously others  
> >> on the list either don't see the problem or don't
> >> want to ruin the moment for  
> >> you.
> >>  
> >> Rummy
> >>
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