[Rhodes22-list] Stanley's famous first Lightning first boats ???

Mon Sep 29 08:47:40 EDT 2008

no, that was the only 15' Snipe in the world to do that adventure since all 
other Snipes are 16'

ss

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tootle" <ekroposki at charter.net>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 6:25 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Stanley's famous first Lightning first boats ???


>
> Stan:
>
> Is that the boat that you made your famous circumnavigation in ???
>
> Ed  K
> Greenville, SC, USA
>
>
>
> stanleyl wrote:
>>
>> my second was a wood lLghtning - my first was breaking its wood mast.
>>
>> ss
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Chris Geankoplis" <napoli68 at charter.net>
>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:54 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Lightning first boats
>>
>>
>>>I couln't but have a big grin as you told about bailing, I mean sailing,
>>>the
>>> Lightning.  Oh so true, I think that boat must have recycled half the 
>>> bay
>>> of
>>> Naples between its leaking and us bailing as kids.  You are right what a
>>> fun
>>> boat with some real character.  Its funny, about 6 months ago I was 
>>> going
>>> through some of my late mother's things and found all my sailing 
>>> journals
>>> when I was 18 or so and sailing the boat to Greece.  That was a trip 
>>> down
>>> memory lane.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Peter Thorn" <pthorn at nc.rr.com>
>>> To: "'The Rhodes 22 Email List'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:39 PM
>>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Lightning first boats
>>>
>>>
>>>> Chris,
>>>>
>>>> Small world.  A Lightning, number 850, was my first boat too. 
>>>> Actually,
>>>> I
>>>> was only a 70 pound kid at the time and my father was the boat owner.
>>>> Our
>>>> first family boat, a Lippencott white cedar "sponge", with a wooden
>>>> mast.
>>>>
>>>> We slipped the boat in Toms River, NJ.  The seller told him the wood
>>>> would
>>>> swell up after a few days of soaking, but it never stopped leaking.
>>>> There
>>>> was always some bailing to do when we arrived at the marina.
>>>> Lightning...
>>>> no, it was more like a "Spark", because it probably weighed as much as
>>>> two
>>>> Lightnings.  I will always remember relaxing on the foredeck, ghosting
>>>> the
>>>> Barnegat while Captain Joe sailed us home into the sunset.  Great
>>> memories.
>>>>
>>>> A score or so later he bought a  Rhodes.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Chris,
>>>>
>>>> PT
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Chris
>>>> Geankoplis
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:48 PM
>>>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] whiskerpole - reply to ED
>>>>
>>>> I like the image of the Lightning spiniker.  It was my first boat and I
>>> flew
>>>> an old silk spinniker on ocassion.  Thanks for the detailed 
>>>> description,
>>>> gotta get me one of them!
>>>>
>>>> Chris G
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Tootle" <ekroposki at charter.net>
>>>> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 4:00 PM
>>>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] whiskerpole - reply to Slim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > Slim:
>>>> >
>>>> > As you recall we used to have a member of this forum, aka, Roger P.
>>>> He
>>>> > strongly recommended for the 175 or even his 155 Genoa to use the
>>>> heavy
>>>> > weight Forespare telescoping 6-12 Spinnaker pole and not use the tiny
>>>> > whisker pole.
>>>> >
>>>> > As per his recommendations, my boat has a eye for a block about 2/3 
>>>> > up
>>> the
>>>> > mast.  It is for holding the weight of the Spinnaker Pole.  The extra
>>>> sheive
>>>> > on top of the mast is used for the sail end of the pole to support 
>>>> > the
>>>> > weight of the 175 Genoa Sail.  With a couple of preventor lines this
>>>> > combination holds the pole up, the sail out for light wind.  There is
>>> also
>>>> a
>>>> > removeable eye to attach the inner end of the pole to the mast.
>>>> > Whether
>>>> it
>>>> > is used for Genoa or Spinnaker.  Just like the big boats.
>>>> >
>>>> > The eye on the mast and the line thru the sheive on top of the mast
>>> allows
>>>> > the pole to placed verticle against the front of the mast to get it
>>>> out
>>> of
>>>> > the way.
>>>> >
>>>> > I have an old tiny sysmetrical spinnaker I bought off an old
>>>> 'lightning
>>>> > racer' after he sold his boat [They are 19 feet, but race boats]. 
>>>> > The
>>>> buyer
>>>> > would not give him anything for the sail when he sold the boat so he
>>> kept
>>>> > them and sold me one.  After several patches and many stitches I have
>>>> a
>>>> > small light weight spinnaker.  It works when poling the Genoa does
>>>> not.
>>>> It
>>>> > just takes a 2-3 mph wind to fill it out and take me home.  Slow but
>>>> no
>>>> iron
>>>> > jenny.
>>>> >
>>>> > Roger's point was that a good gust of wind would bend a whisker pole.
>>>> > Rummy's method might require quick hands to save the pole.  He would
>>> have
>>>> to
>>>> > put down his drink to do it.
>>>> >
>>>> > Ed K
>>>> > Greenville, SC, USA
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