[Rhodes22-list] I just got my new old Rhodes

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Nice response, John.  He will be needing some help.
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com>
>Sent: Jul 13, 2009 11:44 AM
>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] I just got my new old Rhodes
>
>On Jul 12, 2009, at 14:05, Jeff Kantor wrote:
>> Hi.  I just got a '73 R22 and have I got questions...
>> motor mount's pattern.  However, it seems to oil can back there.   
>> This boat was manufactured with the engine well in the lazarette.   
>> The starboard backing plate actually covers more area than the  
>> reinforcement on port.  Does anyone have opinions or guidance as to  
>> where to mount my 60 pound motor?
>
>I've never heard of an engine well on a Rhodes 22, but who knows what  
>mods may have been done to a 36 year-old boat?!  On a standard Rhodes,  
>engine mounting is on the port side and 100lb motors have been mounted  
>there successfully.  FYI - the starboard reinforcement is most likely  
>for the swim ladder, which may or may not be present on your boat.
>
>
>> The rigging of the stays on my boat seems off.  The backstays are  
>> quite loose.  Many inches!  I have no traveller.  Nor can I figure  
>> out the backstay adjustment.  There isn't an adjuster per se,  Again  
>> the PO said he always ran them very loose, and felt the boat to be  
>> quite well balanced.  The halyard is boom end and runs along a  
>> traveler wire, just like my Sunfish and West Wight Potter.  I'd like  
>> to rig an addjustable traveler with car and wonder how that might  
>> rig and be supported by the aft stays.
>
>It's not too difficult (or expensive) to build a traveller that goes  
>between the backstays.  I rebuilt the one on my '79 model and put some  
>photos online that you may find helpful.  It's basically a 1"  
>stainless tube with a length of sail track bolted on.  A standard jib  
>car attaches the mainsheet and adjusts along the sail track.  See http://www.relevantarts.com/pandion/traveler.html 
>  for details.  I can provide a parts list if you want to build one.
>
>I believe backstay adjustment on most boats is accomplished with a  
>pair of blocks, one on each stay, and a line that pulls them downward  
>in unison (simple description).  As they move downward, the stays are  
>forced closer together, thus tightening them.
>
>
>> The rig is a standard main (no IMF) and a hank on genoa of about 120  
>> size (not cut for R22, but borrowed from another craft). The jib is  
>> just a couple of feet short from sweeping the deck when it is flown  
>> to the masthead.
>> Is there a pictorial guide to rigging the boat that I may not have  
>> come upon.  I have rread the 1988 manual that is available, but it's  
>> not a picture book so I'm lost.
>
>I don't recall seeing any photos or graphics of the rigging online.   
>If you can be more specific with questions, those of us with older  
>boats can take some photos to help you get it right.
>
>Cheers!
>John Lock
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>s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
>Lake Sinclair, GA
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>
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