[Rhodes22-list] Stinkpotting - Inquiring minds, Hank's query

[Hank]

Andrew,

As much as I love sailing, I've always thought it would be nice to have a
small powerboat to do just what you are talking about.  Runaround with the
kids and play with water toys.  Sounds like a lot of fun.

Hank


On 10/24/08, Andrew Collins <sailingvesselcarmen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hank
>
> Yes, sv Carmen has the mast down and is on the hard. Our dockmaster will
> not
> allow any sails to be up on stored boats, not even IMF ones.
>
> The stinkpot is a 16' Amesbury Dory, which is a high-sided fiberglass
> lapstrake hard chined skiff with a flat bottom. I use it as a tender to get
> out to the sailboat. One nice feature I was able to put on it is gunwale
> guard all the way around. Then we use it for towing the kids on water toys
> like 'blaster rings' and for fishing. This keeps them interested in boating
> since the only way to get them on the sailboat is if we go gunkholing,
> which
> is fine, but it is not sailing. The high sides make climbing in and out of
> Carmen at the mooring a lot easier.
>
> So, guilty on all charges.
>
> One thing I found is that both Carmen and Freckle tend to horse, but in
> opposite directions, so the gunwale guard really helps, and an additional
> rear cleat on freckle with a line to the rear cleat on Carmen will keep
> them
> in synch. For now I used the ring on the transom of Freckle and they move
> together.
>
> Freckle has a 20 HP Honda 4 stroke, which is more than the boat can handle
> unless someone is being towed. The builder is Stur-Dee Boat out of Rhode
> Island, all hand-built by a mother-daughter team.
>
> Andrew
> closet sailor
> mv Freckle
>
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:14 PM, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Andrew,
> >
> > I am very concerned with your post.  At the end you stated "mv Freckle".
> > Has your Rhodes been dismasted?  Are you a closet Stinkpotter?  As Ed (or
> > Herb or whoever it was) would say, inquiring minds want to know!!!
> >
> > Hank (tongue firmly planted in cheek)
> >
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