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

Mon Sep 29 18:12:04 EDT 2008

I found a picture of a snipe 16 enclosed.  My first sailboat was a wooden
Blue Jay.  I eventualy fiberglassed the hull to avoid leaks.

stanleyl wrote:
> 
> 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
>>>>> > attachment:
>>>>> > http://www.nabble.com/file/p19638476/think%2Bpositive.gif
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