[Rhodes22-list] Hammock

[Michael D. Weisner]

Art,

That depends on the answers to these questions:
1. Why would you be in a hammock in those conditions?
2. Are you in the water? (swim)
3. Did the drink spill?

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

From: "Arthur H. Czerwonky" <czerwonky at earthlink.net> Sent: Monday, January 
12, 2009 2:17 PM
> Mike,
> Tell me what you would do in a knock down...
> Art
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
>>Sent: Jan 12, 2009 1:11 PM
>>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Hammock
>>
>>An auto-tiller would round it out nicely.
>>
>>
>>Michael D. Weisner wrote:
>>> Lee,
>>>
>>> I never thought of single handed hammock sailing before!
>>>
>>> Since you can easily reach the tiller over your head, with the mainsheet 
>>> in
>>> hand, access to the jib sheets as you rock left and right, and a mirror 
>>> in
>>> just the right place to enable you to view over the poptop and this 
>>> could be
>>> a whole new way to sail!  The only problem is that you might spill a 
>>> drink.
>>> I have a couple of months to work on that.
>>>
>>> Nice idea even when at anchor.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
>>> Nissequogue River, NY
>>>
>>> From: "Leland" <LKUHN at cnmc.org> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 11:43 AM
>>>
>>>> Jerry, Art & Chet,
>>>>
>>>> I tried inserting an image but it said my 1.9MB pictures were too 
>>>> large.
>>>> I
>>>> checked about 20 related picture-posting-troubleshooting posts in the
>>>> archives and none helped, including Ed's.  Let's see if posting them on
>>>> the
>>>> Web works:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.msnusers.com/Rhodes22-AtEase/shoebox.msnw?albumlist=2
>>>> http://www.msnusers.com/Rhodes22-AtEase/shoebox.msnw?albumlist=2
>>>>
>>>> The first picture should be just the hammock; the next one the hammock 
>>>> is
>>>> supporting my 150 pound son; on the last one it is supporting me 
>>>> (weight
>>>> more than 150 pounds).
>>>>
>>>> I tied the forward end of the hammock around the mast above a cleat.  I
>>>> tied
>>>> the aft end around the middle of the stern rail.  The stern rail flexed 
>>>> a
>>>> little when I got in the hammock, but it seemed plenty sturdy to 
>>>> support
>>>> my
>>>> weight.  If there's a concern about damaging the stern rail, you could 
>>>> tie
>>>> the hammock next to the stern rail support by the ladder, or rig a line
>>>> from
>>>> the ring eyes on the stern.
>>>>
>>>> Lee
>>>> 1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
>>>> Kent Island, MD
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> chetc wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am a devout hammock camper and have given a little thought to how 
>>>>> this
>>>>> could be accomplished. I think you could hang a hammock from the mast 
>>>>> to
>>>>> a
>>>>> bridle attached between the back stays...a Hennessy hammock might be 
>>>>> the
>>>>> way to go here, since enter through a slit in the bottom of the 
>>>>> hammock
>>>>> and have a bug net and rain fly attached.
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course, this assumes you are talking about a hammock for humans 
>>>>> rather
>>>>> than a gear hammock (our rhodes has a gear hammock attached to the
>>>>> pegboard in the fore peak.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let me know what you come up with!
>>>>>
>>>>> Chet
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> cjlowe-2 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Has anybody used a hammock on their Rhodes-22?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jerry Lowe
>>>>>>
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