[Rhodes22-list] Diane Russell, a reply and ...

[DIANE RUSSELL]

It is a 1987. I would like to upgrade to a bimini next year, seems I'm the 
only one without!  Will I  be able tom or is the traveler going to stop me?

Diane
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From: "Tootle" <ekroposki at charter.net>
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Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 8:26 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Diane Russell, a reply and ...


>
> Diane:
>
> Thank you for making the effort to post those pictures.  As you have
> learned, you have a unique Rhodes 22.  A fact that you might learn about 
> the
> Rhodes 22, is while they share the same shape hull and deck that is where
> affinity ends.
>
> Ever since Michael Meltzer of Wall Street Fame created this forum, he has
> saved the posts in the archives.  Search engines will search the archives.
> See this email to this forum that I recently posted:
> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/2007-August/043706.html
>
> My first comment is on the location of your mainsheet and traveler.  As
> already has been mentioned, yours is the first boat seen with the main 
> sheet
> located mid boom and at the companionway.  I understand why it is there.
> That is a very effective location for serious racers.  Not so good for 
> those
> of us who are ‘Sunday afternoon drivers’ and use the companionway while
> sailing.  Most of us have Stan’s system where the traveler is on a tube
> suspended from the stern stays.  It is a great system for the main sheet
> because it is useable and out of the way.  Captain Rummy used to have a
> whole series of pictures of the traveler, boom set up, etc., until his
> storage site ceased.  If you send him a bottle of Mt. Gay rum, maybe he 
> will
> take all those pictures again.
>
> There are very few Rhodes 22's with Boom Vangs and most of those are
> standard main sail boats.  The previous owner must have been known about
> sailboats.  Most of us that sail the Rhodes 22 with IMF are not that 
> finicky
> about sail adjustments.  But note that there are some who are and will 
> enjoy
> looking at the picture of the Vang.
> http://usera.imagecave.com/mamaruss/boat5.jpg-copy.jpg
>
> I also would think that your mainsheet and traveler location are 
> problematic
> for sailing with a bimini.  Maybe sailing near the Artic that is not an
> issue.  Again tell what year your boat is?
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
>
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