[Rhodes22-list] Chris Crispel - yada yada

[stan]

PS:    we have outfitted boats with up to 4 batteries so far

we also did one boat for an attorney who had us do the interior as just one 
big bed - never could figure out what he had in mind.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rik Sandberg" <sanderico1 at gmail.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 11:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Chris Crispel - yada yada


>I wonder if one could cure the water tank issue by placing a flexible
> tank (or two for balance) in the bilge.
>
> Rik
>
> A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one...
> Benjamin Franklin
>
>
>
> Chris Crispel wrote:
>> Running from civilization huh!  You have no idea how beautiful this first
>> world (third world country) is until you visit.  But that aside, I want 
>> to
>> make the Rhodes work if there is any way to do that.  I like your idea 
>> about
>> extending the berth a foot.  That would certainly create an excellent
>> sleeping arrangement.  However, what I don't like is scratching the water
>> tank (need more water that what Stan traditionally has aboard) and 
>> another
>> battery as well.
>>
>> So, you see, I want it all (isn't that unusual).
>>
>> Chris
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Tootle" <ekroposki at charter.net>
>> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 3:05 PM
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Chris Crispel - yada yada
>>
>>
>>
>>> Chris,
>>>
>>> A Fisher 37!  Wow, that is a nice boat, that is for crusing the oceans. 
>>> A
>>> little problematic for coastal Cruising.
>>>
>>> Chris,
>>>
>>> I have two boats, the R22 for trailer sailing.  I can launch and 
>>> retrieve
>>> it
>>> by my self.  I am a foot shorter than you so I can sleep ok in the 
>>> cabin.
>>> The way the boat comes I doubt that you could.
>>>
>>> If you get Stan to make you a new boat, consider that instead of a 
>>> battery
>>> compartment and water tank under the V berth have him extend that area 
>>> at
>>> least one foot to allow for a tall guy sleeping.  You would not use the 
>>> V
>>> berth except for storage anyway.  This modification would still allow 
>>> for
>>> the powder room layout.  You would just have a funky shaped V berth.
>>>
>>> What Stan has said in his reply to you about modifications is that he
>>> makes
>>> them every night.  What he really does is about 3 AM is to go out in the
>>> plant to see what was done the day before and what has to be done during
>>> that day.  Then he lays his hands on something and they just go to
>>> fiddling.
>>> The next day he tells Ditto or Mark to change something or even has 
>>> Calvin
>>> change a mold... The Rhodes 22 does in fact change every night.  I have
>>> seen
>>> it with me own eyes!
>>>
>>> So, it is reasonable to extend the the bunk to allow for your size.  He
>>> just
>>> has not seriously looked into that modification for you alone...
>>>
>>> I also have another old boat.  It is an O'Day 26.  It was the sucessor 
>>> to
>>> the O'Day 25 which started production in 1974.  The hull is in many ways
>>> similar to the R 22 in design.  That is it has a stubby keel with
>>> centerboard therein.  Draft is about 30" with board up.  It is not quite
>>> as
>>> trailerable as the R 22 but potentially if Stan ever rubbed his hands on
>>> it,
>>> it might be.  Unfortunately, O'Day went belly up in 1986.
>>>
>>> However, there are a number of O'Day 25's around and on the market. 
>>> They
>>> only made the 26 a couple of years near the end.  Inside there is 5' 9'
>>> headroom.  But on the 26 there is adequate bunk space to fit you.
>>>
>>> This is why you need to move to Edenton and learn how to make a one off
>>> under Stan's direction of his hull.  He will not sell the one hull he 
>>> has,
>>> it is still his dream boat.  The problem with making more 27 foot hulls 
>>> is
>>> the cost of making a mold.  Stan know how to do that.
>>>
>>> If you had a mold, I know of a reliable company that would make the hull
>>> and
>>> deck using vacuum bagging.  Once you had that, Stan could finish the 
>>> boat.
>>>
>>> An issue with a bigger boat is sail size.  While Stan's IMF mast come 
>>> from
>>> the foundry about 30 foot long, the inside will not accomodate a bigger
>>> sail.  If you wanted IMF and a 30 foot mast, you would need a different
>>> mast.  However, since Stan's mast can only have a short boom, maybe you
>>> could make a schooner with two IMF mast?  Or at least a 27 foot ketch?
>>>
>>> What I am telling you, instead of going to Panama, and running from
>>> civilization, go to Edenton and build your own boat...  Stan needs the
>>> challange...
>>>
>>> Ed K
>>> Greenville, SC, USA
>>> "Life hangs on a very thin thread and the cancer of time is complacency.
>>> If
>>> you are going to do something, do it now.  Tomorrow is too late. -"- 
>>> Peter
>>> Goss
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tootle wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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