[Rhodes22-list] Walk-through stern rail Re: I just got mynewold Rhodes

Tue Jul 14 15:01:19 EDT 2009

If anyone is interested, they are still available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/192886208X/ref=cm_rdp_product

Sailing Small: Inspiration and Instruction for the Pocket Cruiser 
(Paperback)
by Stan Grayson (Editor)
ISBN-10: 192886208X
$12.71
(or $9.44 + $3.99 shipping from A1Books via Amazon)

(and in Japan!! at 1,521 Yen from:
https://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/guest/cgi-bin/booksea.cgi?W-AUTHOR=Grayson%2C+Stan )

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

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <david.walker5 at comcast.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Walk-through stern rail Re: I just got mynewold 
Rhodes

> You got a great deal. I had to buy my copy.
>
> Dave
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
>
> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:51:16
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Walk-through stern rail Re: I just got my new
> old Rhodes
>
>
> Yes, I have a copy.  I received as small payment and a couple of
> copies as a contributor to the book. The book is still available. I
> believe I can still buy them at a slight discount as an "author". I
> haven't had much contact with Stan Grayson. I was supposed to get a
> second payment if it ever went into a second printing but don't know
> if it ever did. In any event, it was fun to do and I've had great
> positive feedback about the chapter both from the Rhodies on this
> list and from folks on the TSBB. Your boat ended up as a stand in for
> Fretless because I am such a lousy photographer.
>
> Mary Lou
> 1991 Rhodes 22 Fretless
> Rock Hall, MD
>
> author of Chapter 5 in Sailing Small: Inspiration and Instruction for
> the Pocket Cruiser
> Edited by Stan Grayson, Devereux Books, 2004
>
>
>
> At 11:16 AM 7/14/2009, you wrote:
>>Mary Lou
>>
>>Did you ever get a copy of Stan Grayson's book with your chapter in it? 
>>My
>>boat was a photo standin for yours.
>>
>>
>>David Walker
>>
>>www.davidwalkerphotography.com
>>
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Mary Lou Troy" <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
>>To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:35 AM
>>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Walk-through stern rail Re: I just got my new old
>>Rhodes
>>
>>
>> > Art's comment got me thinking about Ron's walk-through stern rail
>> > giving better access to the swim ladder and the obstacle still in
>> > place with the traveller. Ron says it's not so much of an obstacle
>> > but if it was still an obstacle for someone, it would not be hard at
>> > anchor to loosen the backstay adjuster and pull the starboard fastpin
>> > holding the traveller in place and letting it drop down. Not sure it
>> > would be necessary but it seems to me it would only take a minute to
>> > do it and a minute to get the boat back ready to sail.
>> >
>> > Mary Lou
>> > 1991 R22  Fretless
>> > Rock Hall, MD
>> >
>> >
>> > At 09:27 PM 7/13/2009, you wrote:
>> >>Ron,
>> >>
>> >>Just look at this boat, and a '71.  At this pace we will still have
>> >>vintage craft when we are in our 90's.  Scary, isn't it?  If you can
>> >>see the second picture - as pedestrian as this may sound, what is
>> >>wrong with the 'almost a traveler' approach.  My sailing is not so
>> >>refined that the traveler bar is essential.  Ponder whether an
>> >>arrangement like that wouldn't be more workable for you and Linda,
>> >>especially with your impressive new swim ladder walkway.  Take that
>> >>a step further - what if you hung the clew onto the port aft shroud
>> >>(get the boom out of the way), used a clip-on for a rope traveler on
>> >>the stbd side (get the tripping obstacle out of the way) , and you
>> >>would have a dandy walk-thru (under the stbd aft shroud) directly
>> >>from the the swim ladder.
>> >>
>> >>Better find an aspirin...
>> >>
>> >>Art
>> >>
>> >>-----Original Message-----
>> >> >From: John Shulick <jsbudda at verizon.net>
>> >> >Sent: Jul 13, 2009 9:04 PM
>> >> >To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> >> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] I just got my new old Rhodes
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >Hi Jeff,
>> >> >
>> >> > Congrats on your boat, I'm enclosing picts on my 71 which has the
>> >> > original
>> >> >rigging as far as I know. I have also run the lines from the mast to 
>> >> >the
>> >> >cockpit for easier single handling. On port side I have a downhaul 
>> >> >line,
>> >> >and
>> >> >a cunningham line. The starboard side is the main halyard and genoa
>> >> >furler.
>> >> >Enclosed are picts.
>> >> >
>> >> >John Shulick
>> >> >http://www.nabble.com/file/p24472095/DSCF0299.jpg
>> >> >http://www.nabble.com/file/p24472095/DSCF0300.jpg
>> >> >http://www.nabble.com/file/p24472095/DSCF0291.jpg
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >--
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