[Rhodes22-list] To Deploy & Board An Inflatable from a Rhodes

[Mary Lou Troy]

At 03:07 PM 1/7/2009, you wrote:
>A few questions.
>How does one safely deploy and board an inflatable boat from the 
>Rhodes?  Mary Lou, I remember reading that you use one occasionally; 
>How do you do it without taking an unplanned plunge?

Very carefully! It's really not too different than boarding an 
inflatable from any other boat. You do have to climb over the stern 
rail to stand on the swim ladder.

We inflate the inflatable in the cockpit and then throw it over the 
side (painter firmly attached to the inflatable and to us.) We take 
it around to the swim ladder and pull it in close.

First to board (say its me) I take my life in my hands (not really), 
climb over the stern rail and position myself firmly on the deployed 
swim ladder. Keeping all my weight firmly on the swim ladder I pull 
the inflatable around to where I can get a foot into it. That foot 
should be as close to the center of the inflatable as I can make it 
and still do a weight transfer. I'm short so it doesn't get too close 
to the center. At this point I have all my weight still on the 
ladder. The inflatable is below my boarding foot and still firmly 
held in place by that foot against the R22. I then cautiously 
transfer my weight to the foot in the inflatable, bring the other 
foot along and sit down still holding the inflatable against the R22. 
If there are two of you the person not boarding helps in holding the 
inflatable against the R22. That applies whether it is the second or 
first to board.

The first time we ever did this maneuver we got a lot of water into 
the inflatable because the inflatable wasn't as inflated as it could 
have been. Since then, knock on wood, the system has worked well. The 
key is never to transfer your weight until you are sure the 
inflatable is securely under you.

Can't comment on the GPS. Our old Garmin doesn't do any mapping.

Best,
Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD



>
>Second question: Has anyone been usiing a Garmin GPS 76Cx, what's 
>your experience, and would you recommend it? I want to get a 
>topographical card for this unit both for hiking and coastal 
>navigation.  There is an SD card that covers the entire US, and 
>there are cards for specific areas; are the detail the same in both types?
>
>Then one can get the infomation on CD which is read on your computer 
>and can be uploaded to your GPS unit, and the SD cards that can only 
>be read from your GPS; What's the best way to go?
>
>Caesar
>"Gentle Breeze"
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