[Rhodes22-list] Mike C and squirrels new home in Ohio

[Michael D. Weisner]

Hank,

The height of the mast support is dictated by the mechanical advantage of 
the mast crane.  There is no reason why the mast needs to be so high during 
transport or storage.

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: "Hank" <hnw555 at gmail.com>Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 1:51 PM
> Mike or Ed,
>
> Why does the rear vertical support need to be so high?  It really looks 
> like
> it is giving an excessive amount of clearance over the cabin top.
>
> Hank
>
>
> On 7/21/08, Mike Cheung <mikecheung at att.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> The route:  We took 32 to 460 to 295 to 95 on day one.  We planned an
>> overnight north of Richmond Saturday night since we didn't know when we'd
>> be
>> on the road after our Saturday noon-ish arrival at GBI.  From there we 
>> took
>> I-95 to 17 to avoid Wash. DC and then a couple other roads to end up in
>> Breezewood, PA.  Near as I can tell that's "purgatory on earth" since
>> heading anywhere SE of Akron you end up there.  From there we take the PA
>> turnpike to the OH turnpike to home.
>>
>> Heading due west to pick up I-77 would almost certainly be longer, though
>> I-77 does run close to us.
>>
>> As for the vertically adjusting stern support.  What a cool
>> idea!  Actually,
>> summers the barn is such a mess that getting the boat in and out would 
>> take
>> half a day anyway.  I'd rather leave her road rigged next to the barn,
>> ready
>> to go.
>>
>> I guess I buy the explanation for the cams on the cabin side.  When we
>> played with Stan's test boat I'm pretty sure I rigged that "between the
>> stays" genoa position back to the winch.  It worked, but I'll try the 
>> cabin
>> side cleat next time.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> Tootle wrote:
>> >
>> > Mike:
>> >
>> > Great report.  So you took some of Stan's squirrels home with you?
>> >
>> > Did you consider going west from Stan's and up I-77 like Caesar did?
>> >
>> > I guess you answered the questions posted about whether a Honda Pilot 
>> > can
>> > tow a R22.
>> >
>> > You have been given the correct answers to your question about the 
>> > cleats
>> > on the side of the cabin.
>> >
>> > Why didn't you tell Stan that you needed a special mast rest for the
>> stern
>> > of the boat that you could crank up and down to get boat in barn?
>> >
>> > Ed K
>> > Greenville, SC, USA
>> > "The chance for mistakes is about equal to the number of crew 
>> > squared."-
>> > Ted Turner
>> >
>> >
>>
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