[Rhodes22-list] The Unsinkable Rhodes

[Michael D. Weisner]

Lee,

A cover probably won't keep it from breaking since the two that I have 
broken cracked at the through hole for the bolt (rotted out).  When I 
recovered from the fact that they broke (a bit scary at first when under 
full sail), I was able to insert the remaining portion in the vertical 
plates of the rudder assembly and keep sailing with a shorter tiller and the 
bolt removed.

The main problem is that when they start to deteriorate, they become very 
rough and the attached hardware (tiller tamer, hiking stick & click, etc.) 
loosens up or falls out.  Of course, if you cover or varnish the tiller 
regularly, I am told that none of this ever happens.  I have replaced the 
tiller four times in 29 sailing seasons on my '81 and sanded and refinished 
it more time than I wish to think about.  I have two tillers that I 
regularly sand and varnish that I swap during the season (so that I may work 
on one while using the other.)

It seems that we need a better material so that I may spend more time 
sailing and less time maintaining.

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

From: "KUHN, LELAND" Monday, December 21, 2009 11:13 AM
>
> Mike,
>
> You can't tell from the pictures but the tiller is already pretty gray
> on top.  I've thought about a cover or revarnishing but then I priced a
> new tiller and figured it wasn't worth the effort.  I'm not too
> concerned about looks but I don't want the thing to break on me while
> I'm out sailing.
>
> So far it's lasted 4 years with no care.  I might try to get another
> year out of it.
>
> Lee
>
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> Weisner
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>
> Lee,
>
> I think you might need a snowblower!  Actually, with the winds that we
> had
> on Sunday, it might have blown away by itself, leaving you no good
> reason
> not to go sailing.  I can hear At Ease crying for a sail (all the way
> from
> NY.)
>
> BTW, if you don't cover or remove that pretty tiller, it will turn gray
> as
> the weather penetrates the varnish.
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
> From: "Leland"  Monday, December 21, 2009 10:28 AM
>>
>> I was going to shovel out the cockpit but I was so sore from cleaning
> the
>> driveway that I just didn't have it in me.  I figure it should melt by
>> Spring.  God put it there and he can make it go away:
>>
>> http://old.nabble.com/file/p26875535/Christmas%2B2009%2B019.jpg
>> Christmas+2009+019.jpg
>>
>> http://old.nabble.com/file/p26875535/Christmas%2B2009%2B017.jpg
>> Christmas+2009+017.jpg
>>
>> http://old.nabble.com/file/p26875535/Christmas%2B2009%2B018.jpg
>> Christmas+2009+018.jpg
>>
>> Lee
>> 1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
>> Kent Island, MD
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