[Rhodes22-list] Captain Carl's question about height of pulpit?

[carl]

Ben,

We sail on greers ferry lake primarily, which is a narrow, but huge 
lake, lots of little coves to sail up into. It has two major parts, one 
a bit more open than the other, making it better for sailing. Most of it 
is surrounded by small mountians, large hills, which really cuts the 
wind down, but there is enough to get around a bit.It's about 2 hrs 
north of Little Rock (3 if towing a rhodes:) we live back in the sticks, 
and keep our boat on the trailer for right now, which is such a pain 
because we live down 8 mi of steep dirt roads that add about 1hr to our 
travel time to the lake. I am keeping her here for right now so I can 
work on her (somewhat of a fixer-upper).

Our favorite place on the coast so far is Port St. Joe,FL has anyone 
sailed there?
Carl



ben wrote:
> Carl,
>
> That's quite a story.  Sounds like those particular officials are quite the
> a-holes.
>
> I'm sure that laws consistently classify sailboats with the motor running as
> motor boats, and rightly so.  Nevertheless, the officers (mostly from local
> towns on the lake) on my lake don't usually bother the sailors at all.  I
> remember thinking once, "Maybe I shouldn't have waved to him with my hand
> that's holding the beer," but no worries.  Who am I going to hurt at 4 kts
> on a nice day?
>
> I did have them come into an anchorage one evening to tell me that it was
> going to really cold and make sure we were prepared not to freeze to death
> overnight.  But they were friendly about it, and just checking to make sure
> we weren't yahoos who hadn't checked the weather.
>
> You may have mentioned it before, but where do you sail in Arkansas?  A lot
> of my growing up was in Little Rock, and my family had a Catalina 22 and a
> smaller boat that we took to many of the lakes in driving distance.
>
> Ben S.
>