[Rhodes22-list] Small is Beautiful
Peter Thorn
pthorn at nc.rr.com
Thu Jan 24 17:25:07 EST 2008
Chris,
A wise sailor told me the best boat is the smallest one that will do "the
job".
Click here: Small is Beautiful by <http://www.quietboating.com/small.html>
Larry Brown
BTW, in the late '70s my father owned a Rhodes 22 Continental he would
occasionally race and not do well. Being a better engineer than racing
sailor, he devised an engineering solution to the problem of making the
Rhodes go faster to help him win races: he cut off the keel and installed a
500 # lead bulb on a 6' fiberglass daggerboard. If Stan could replicate
this feat for you, it could solve all stability concerns (smile). The
caveat is the daggerboard consumed a lot of cabin space. My mother never
set foot on that boat again.
Chris G has made you a very good offer and I hope you accept. The R22 a
safe boat and any small boat is a bad place to be in a storm. Chris can
tell you all about it.
PT
s/v Raven
Chapel Hill, NC
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