[Rhodes22-list] new old boat is at a new home in Ohio

[Hank]

Mike,

I believe that Mary Lou stated that these are for use with the Genoa inside
the upper shrouds but outside the lowers.  The cabin tops would be for use
when you are inside the lowers.

Am I right Mary Lou?

Hank


On 7/21/08, Mike Cheung <mikecheung at att.net> wrote:
>
>
> Well, we picked up our new 1993 recycled Rhodes Saturday and after a quick
> test sail started home.  We trailered her behind our 2005 Honda Pilot.  The
> Pilot has a towing capacity of 4500# and was equal to the task, but only
> just.  I was gratified that the Pilot was able to launch and retrieve at
> Stan's ramp without any trouble at all.  Things got a little squirrelly
> above 60 mph while towing and the PA turnpike was just no fun at all.
>
> Here's a pic at Stan's.  Yes, those are kayaks on top of the Honda.  Those
> probably didn't help our stability much.
>
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p18571473/93%2Br22%2Band%2Bhonda.jpg
>
> Here's a shot of the new boat with Stan, myself, and Mark (on top, rigging
> her for the road).
>
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p18571473/r22%2Bstan%2Bmike%2Band%2Bmark.jpg
>
> And, last, here's a shot of the 93 recycled r22 at her new home.  She won't
> go into the barn in the background with her mast up on the mast support,
> but
> it looks like she'll go in with it down.  So she'll get the spend her
> winters indoors most likely.
>
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p18571473/93%2Br22%2Bat%2Bhome.jpg
>
> Hopefully we'll get her out later this week for a test sail.  Though we're
> just back from vacationing at the Outer Banks (hence the kayaks) and things
> will be really busy this week and next catching up.
>
> I've already gotten the Lake Erie charts though, so hopefully we'll splash
> at Sandusky the first weekend in August for a weekend cruise around the
> Lake
> Erie islands.
>
> I appreciate all the input from the list and, no doubt, I'll have a ton of
> questions as we become familiar with our new boat.  Actually, I have one
> already.  There's a pair of cam locks on the sides of the cabin that I
> can't
> figure out the use for.  Here's a shot.
>
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p18571473/mystery%2Bcam.jpg
>
> I know that there's a million ways to rig the genoa, but thought that first
> two (outboard to inboard) ended up at the winches with the third using the
> inboard cam cleats on the cabin top.  The topping lift is accounted for on
> the outboard port cabin top.  The genoa in-haul is accounted for on the
> outboard starboard cabin top.  So what's the cleat on the side of the cabin
> top for?
>
> She doesn't have a name yet, we're still working on that.
>
> Mike Cheung s/v ????
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