[Rhodes22-list] Sail Vs Motor in WX

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Many times one makes better progress in WX under reduced sail as opposed to attempting to motor.

Bob 

-------------- Original message from Just bent <j.bulfer at jbtek.com>: -------------- 


> 
> Chris, 
> I have not been sailing long but I have been out in some big weather in my 
> R22, (on a lake) and the one thing that was a problem for me was the motor 
> hanging off the back of the boat. I was rolling so much the prop would come 
> out of the water. I remember thinking it might be better if the prop was 
> under the boat. 
> 
> Jb 
> Just bent 
> 
> 
> 
> Chris Crispel wrote: 
> > 
> > Hi Tootle: 
> > 
> > I'm here on "the list" because I have been taken with the Rhodes 22 but 
> > have 
> > a major question that needs to be put to the members of 'the list". 
> > 
> > My wife and I will be moving to the Republic of Panama to make it our 
> > future 
> > home. As you may know, there are no bays (to speak of) or lakes, just the 
> > ocean. My question is multifaceted- have any of you sailed offshore in 
> > the 
> > Rhodes?, how does she handle ocean swells, what adjustments 
> > (modifications) 
> > would you make to increase safety and comfort aboard. Yes, I do know that 
> > one can sail in a cork, but who wants to be battered about in the ocean. 
> > 
> > I have been sailing since the age of 16 and now I'm way, way, beyond that. 
> > I am a highly experienced sailor and my common sea sense is that this 
> > vessel 
> > is to small and subject to being tossed about like a cork. So, please 
> > tell 
> > me that I am wrong and making to much out of this. 
> > 
> > I currently reside in Ashland, Oregon and would love to meet other owners 
> > and their vessels. California and Oregon are the States where that would 
> > be 
> > possible. However, if I can't meet everyone, then I will have to be 
> > satisfied with "the list". 
> > 
> > Many Thanks 
> > 
> > Chris Crispel 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Tootle" 
> > To: 
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 8:42 AM 
> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Chris Crispel 
> > 
> > 
> >> 
> >> Chris, 
> >> 
> >> Welcome to the Rhodes List. Now, just who are you? And where ya be? 
> >> And 
> >> why ya here? 
> >> 
> >> Ed K 
> >> Greenville, SC, USA 
> >> fishin' is like a box of chocolate.. u never no what your gonna catch.. 
> >> and 
> >> sometimes you catch nothing! Unattributed 
> >> 
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