[Rhodes22-list] Is This IMF Rattling & Shaking Normal

[KUHN, LELAND]

Caesar,

"...sitting in the cockpit with a cup of coffee in my hand, and just observing things."

That might be the problem.  Coffee makes you too alert and observant.  Substitute rum for coffee and you probably won't notice a thing.

My boat makes all kinds of noises and some of them come from the mast.  Since you need to take the mast down anyway, I think you're smart in ensuring that no connections are lose, but you're probably right that it is nothing.  The worst that will happen is that it will break while you're sailing and you'll have to motor back, put the boat on the trailer, and lower the mast.

Sailing and probably trailering do put a lot of stress on the boat, and I routinely need to tighten up things that have come lose.

Good luck!

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
Kent Island, MD



-----Original Message-----
From: Caesar Paul [mailto:caesarpaul01 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:57 AM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Is This IMF Rattling & Shaking Normal

Rummy,
 
Yes to all the questions.  All systems are set up and ready for sailing away.
 
My use of the boat last year (my first sailing season) consisted of trailering to my sailing destination, rigging and launching, hauling out at the end of the day, de-riggging, securing everything for the trip back home.  During this hectic, and somewhat nervous learning period, I did not notice the more subtle nuances of the systems, the reaction to wind and other forces while sitting on its trailer or in the water.-
 
The boat is now rigged at my home.  I am checking things in out in preparation of its stay at the marina.  I have the pleasure of walking out, and climbing on the boat, sitting in the cockpit with a cup of coffee in my hand, and just observing things. 
 
It is in this context that I noticed this rattling, and am thinking that it appears excessive, hence the question.  It might be nothing.  It might be that a nut has gotten slack, so I thought I should sound out the list for assurances or advice on how to trouble shoot.
 
The cables in the mast rattles.  It rattled during my first sail with Stan.  It may be rattling even more now.
 
What are your thoughts?
 
Thanks,
Caesar
 
 
 -- On Wed, 4/1/09, R22RumRunner at aol.com <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:


From: R22RumRunner at aol.com <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Is This IMF Rattling & Shaking Normal
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 6:01 AM


Caesar,
When you say that it's rigged just like when it came from Stan, do you mean  
that the furling line and the out haul are also rigged? The boom is attached 
and  you could pull the sails out and in theory sail away?

Rummy
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