[Rhodes22-list] mini Rhodes fleet action .....

[Rick]

Mike,

I was good to meet you and both of your Muireanns.  The weather next week
looks great for a cruise to the Islands.  Have fun.

Rick

On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Mike Cheung <mikecheung at att.net> wrote:

>
> Got Muireann out for her shakedown yesterday (part of plan B for the end of
> semester sailing trip ...) and things went fairly well.  We trailered from
> home just north of Akron to the Edgewater ramps in Cleveland Harbor.  Got
> Muireann rigged.  We're trying some new tricks to speed up rigging a
> little.
> We left the side stays and aft stays rigged and taped and just coiled them
> separately.  Also the lower stays were not coiled, but rather were gathered
> up along the mast and tied off along with the genoa/forestay and boom.
>  This
> seemed to save time though we aren't ready for a 'clock & board' exercise
> just yet.  Found that we managed to lose the fiddle block stirrup over the
> winter.  We probably lost it the very last time we rigged Muireann for
> trailer last October after visiting Put-in-Bay in Lake Erie (coincidentally
> the second part of plan B should have us there again tomorrow or Monday.
> Until we replaced the stirrup later yesterday afternoon (thanks to the
> skipper of Blue Heron!, more on that later), we jury rigged (what a polite
> phase that is ....) the connection between the fiddle block and the boom
> end
> with a little cordage.  It worked well enough to get us out into the lake.
>
> While cruising outside the breakwall, we heard a call for "Rhodes 22" on
> channel 16.  My admiral answered and discovered that Blue Heron was hailing
> us from about two miles further offshore.  We sailed north, Blue Heron
> sailed south, and a mini Rhodes rendezvous was in the making.
>
> Here's a shot of Blue Heron crossing Muireann's bows ....
>
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p23572871/Copy%2Bof%2BPICT0018.jpeg
>
> After soon maneuvering, Muireann accompanied Blue Heron home and Rick (Blue
> Heron's skipper) was kind enough to give me a ride over to Sailing Inc. to
> replace the lost stirrup.  Miraculously they had it and on the boating cost
> scale it may as well have been free.  Muireann's fiddle block is whole
> again.
>
> After visiting with Rick for a bit, my Admiral and I set off for our launch
> point, which was at the other (western) end of Cleveland Harbor from Blue
> Heron's home.  The wind was with us and we sailed wing-in-wing with the
> nifty new Forespar pole making it seem ridiculously easy.
>
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p23572871/Copy%2Bof%2BPICT0024.jpeg
>
> All-in-all a good shakedown.
>
> Today is scheduled under plan B to be a work day to do a few things on
> Muireann then we're off to the Lake Erie Islands tomorrow for a short, 4
> day
> cruise.  We're not planning on a visit to Canada, but we've stowed a
> quarantine flag and a Canadian courtesy flag on board and will rig a flag
> halyard on our starboard spreader arm, just in case.
>
> Mike Cheung, s/v Muireann
>
>
>
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