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

[Jim Connolly]

I bought a Garmin Colorado on Cyber Monday.  Sale price, with rebate, worked
out to be about half list price.  Came loaded with a subset of Blue Chart
cartograpphy and can take SD card or CD/DVD download of topo maps and
supposedly street map software.  Initial impression is good.  Since I just
came inside from snowblowing some slush before it freezes to rock hard ice,
I have not yet used it to navigate.  

I used to use an inflatable dinghy with former 23' power boat.  Key for me
was keep your center of mass as low as possible when boarding.  The
inflatable had grab lines.  Grip the grab line and the swim ladder tgether
with the same hand while getting in and out.  That limits the movement of
the inflatable under your feet.  Load stuff other than yourself separately.

Try it out in warm water if you can ;-)

Jim Connolly

-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Caesar Paul
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 3:08 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] To Deploy & Board An Inflatable from a Rhodes

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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