[Rhodes22-list] Muireann swims!

[Mary Lou Troy]

Hi Mike,
Just returned from another landlubberly vacation and saw your questions.

Re the bimini: I don't think it really matters which way it goes. I 
do know that it covers the edge of the poptop enclosure better in one 
direction - but I don't remember which one it is. It also may be more 
likely to rub on the boom that way - ours has a few small holes from 
that though they may be from the way we store the bimini. We stow the 
bimini whenever we leave the boat in its slip for more than a day. We 
store it folded and lashed to the boom. In use, we routinely have 
ours strapped down with the two aft straps and only one of the 
forward straps to facilitate going forward. We just wrap the loose 
strap around its support.

Re the winch and bow support:  We always retrieve the boat with the 
bow support moved to its most forward position. We also launch that 
way. The very first time we launched Fretless we neglected that step. 
It was a steep ramp. She came down on the rubber bow support. It was 
old and split in two allowing the bow to get pretty badly gouged on 
the exposed metal bracket. (A bit of fiberglass repair and touch up 
paint worked wonders)  For a long time afterward we launched with an 
old throwable boat cushion slung over the bow support. The cushion 
eventually fell apart and it doesn't seem to be a problem at the 
shallower ramp we use now. At the shallower ramp we have to be 
careful to tighten the winch strap several times when retrieving or 
the boat settles back to far and we end up with too little tongue weight.

Congrats on your new boat.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD



At 12:15 PM 8/4/2008, you wrote:

>We spent yesterday afternoon out on Muireann after launching from Edgewater
>Park on the near west side of Cleveland's lakefront.  The launch ramps are
>pretty close to ideal except they're heavily used.  Even so, we had no
>particular difficulty fitting into the launch or retrieve mix.  A fair
>number of powerboats passed us up in the launch line while we rigged the
>boat.  It took just about an hour.  It was my second time rigging and the
>Admiral's first.  Takedown and rigging for the road took about the same.
>
>Here's a shot of the Cleveland skyline from outside the breakwall just after
>we got underway heading east
>
>http://www.nabble.com/file/p18814437/PICT0003.jpg
>
>Here's the Admiral, Mary, at the helm
>
>http://www.nabble.com/file/p18814437/PICT0005.jpg
>
>And yours truly at the helm
>
>http://www.nabble.com/file/p18814437/PICT0012.jpg
>
>and one last shot of the Cleveland skyline as we were headed back toward the
>ramps sailing just past Cleveland eastbound and turning back
>
>http://www.nabble.com/file/p18814437/PICT0013.jpg
>
>This last image forms the basis for one of a couple questions I have for the
>group.  There are two possible ways of mounting the bimini.  One, as we did
>yesterday, has the continuous frame piece forward and the two jointed frame
>sections aft.  The other would be just the opposite.  Is there a right way?
>
>Second, when retrieving Muireann, at a comparatively steep ramp, the bow met
>the trailer post right at the winch at about the level of the rubrail, just
>below.  After strapping to the winch and tightening, Muireann ended up about
>10 inches back of the winch once pulled from the water (slowly, just like
>the GB folks told us).  My question is whether anyone has rigged protection
>for the bow from possible scrapes and bangs from the winch?  It looks like
>Stan and company may be working on something, but I'd like to rig at least
>an interim solution ASAP and am looking for ideas.  I'm thinking a piece of
>carpet covered plywood with a slot cut for the bow eye and some sort of way
>to secure it to the lower anchor mount would be a good start.
>
>Mike Cheung .... s/v Muireann 93/04/08 Rhodes 22
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