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

[Daniel Johnson]

Caesar,

We are new this season to the Rhodes 22 ourselves.  We bought an inflatable
from Sea Eagle - not an expensive one so it has an inflatable bottom, not a
hard bottom.  My wife and I had no difficulty getting in and out of it
by looping a line from both bow and stern of the inflatable to the winch on
the Rhodes and then stepping from the cockpit to the center of the
inflatable.  We found this easier than the stern even though the freeboard
is a little greater here - didn't have to contend with the stern rail this
way.  Never a problem and never did we ship any water into the dinghy. Our
inflatable is 8 feet long, so we inflate it on the foredeck.  The inflatable
proved to be a great help in keeping the hull clean.  Our boat is in a slip
at Solomons in Maryland and during the summer we found it helpful to go
around the boat about once a week with a brush and cleaning off the
waterline from the inflatable - with the brush on an extension I can reach
all the way to the keel.

Can't help you with the GPS question - we don't have one yet

Dan Johnson


On 1/7/09, Caesar Paul <caesarpaul01 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Brad & Anyone else out there,
>
> 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?
>
> 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"
>
>
>
>
>
> --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Is There A Glitch With the List
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 11:25 AM
>
> Yeah,
>
> There is a glitch with the list!  It's called the "Fairness
> Doctrine".
> "Da List" was always on the cutting edge of news and politics until
> someone got their feelings hurt because someone else insulted the
> Chocolate Baby Jesus from Chicago. Be careful what you wish for!
>
> Chocolate Baby Jesus is safe.  The Rhodes 22 list is dead.
>
> Good work Rummy!  Thanks for inviting me back the last time the list was
> dead.
>
> Brad
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Caesar Paul <caesarpaul01 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Michael,
> > I have not recieved any mail for a few days now.  Is the problem with me
> or the List?
> >
> > Thanks for all that you do.
> >
> > Caesar
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