[Rhodes22-list] A note about outboards and Re: Chesapeake sail

Tue May 26 12:23:52 EDT 2009

Lee,

Good news on the cruise - one of my fondest wishes is to cruise the Chesapeake.  As you prep for your outing, take a look at your v-berth and see if it could accommodate an extension headboard up to the bulkhead, stbd side.  I'm going to try one in Fla in a week, think it may prove a nice advantage in sleeping comfort.  You are taller and may be an option for you.

Have fun and smooth sailing!

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org>
>Sent: May 25, 2009 7:26 PM
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] A note about outboards and Re: Chesapeake sail
>
>
>Mary Lou,
>
>You and Fred have inspired me to spend a night on the boat.  Outfitted for a
>four-day cruise, I had pictured that Fretless would be jam-packed with junk. 
>She was less cluttered than my boat.  Most things were neatly stored in your
>v-berth like a big trunk of a car, and everything else was well organized in
>its logical place.  You had some good ideas that I plan on stealing.  Always
>good to see how others outfit their Rhodes.
>
>Thanks again for stopping by on the way to St. Michael's!
>
>Lee
>
>
>
>Mary Lou Troy-2 wrote:
>> 
>> We did! As Lee and Tom mentioned we had a lovely sail on Lee's boat 
>> At Ease out of his marina on Kent Island. Great beam reach both ways, 
>> mostly flat seas. This was on Friday. Earlier that day we had a great 
>> sail on Fretless tacking down from Rock Hall down toward Kent Island. 
>> The beam reach on At Ease was nicer but the close-hauled run south 
>> from Rock Hall was really really nice as well. Really enjoyed the 
>> company. It was great to see Lee and Tom and Alice again and to meet 
>> Lee's wife Andrea and his son. Great folks to spend some time with as 
>> are most Rhodies.
>> 
>> Saturday, we left Lee to his yardwork and motored down to Kent 
>> Narrows where we had a brisk ride with the tide under the opened 
>> drawbridge. Once we got south of Kent Narrows we did some very fine 
>> sailing in Eastern Bay before motoring up the Wye River to lovely 
>> anchorage behind Drum Point. Eight other boats from our sailing club 
>> attended and let me tell you nothing beats the upper bridge deck of a 
>> Grand Banks trawler for Happy Hour with 21 people and it was great 
>> that one of our members motored down in his 17 ft. Whaler and could 
>> play water taxi as the forecast winds made it iffy to raft up. We did 
>> note that with the Whaler in attendance, we are no longer the 
>> smallest cruising boat in our sailing club!
>> 
>> The next day we motored to St. Michaels through some fierce powerboat 
>> chop with a building wind on the nose. We could have sailed but it 
>> was more relaxing to spend the afternoon on one of the upper decks of 
>> the Maritime Museum waiting for the rest of the club to arrive.
>> 
>> This morning there was almost no wind and the forecast called for 
>> afternoon thunderstorms with unsettled weather for the rest of the 
>> week so we decided to head out early (7 am) for home. We motored 23 
>> miles in 5 hours including 25 minutes spent milling around waiting 
>> for the Kent Narrows drawbridge to open. One of the advantages to 
>> leaving early is that there were not as many powerboat wakes as later 
>> when everyone headed for home.
>> 
>> Outboard note: We did notice that compared to our old Honda, the 
>> Yamaha 8 HT does a much better job of dealing with powerboat wakes 
>> and rolly conditions. That big propeller did a great job of really 
>> digging in where the Honda would cavitate.
>> 
>> All in all a nice cruise though we would have sailed more if we 
>> didn't plan on meeting friends at a destination. Great sailing when we
>> did!
>> 
>> Mary Lou
>> 1991 R22 Fretless
>> Rock Hall, MD
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> At 01:33 PM 5/24/2009, you wrote:
>> 
>>>Sailed Saturday at Rhode and West Rivers, wind 14 knots, full main and jib
>>>furled to 100%.  Delightful, sailed mostly flat on a long mostly beam
>reach,
>>>speed around 3.5 to 4 knots.  Later in the day while motoring lost control
>>>of boat for just a moment.  Keel was up and kicked up rudder in shallow
>>>water, spun us around in a quick circle.  Uncomfortable, but fixed
>quickly.
>>>Seems that the rudder was really doing some work and let go quickly.  Lots
>>>of holiday traffic.  Here's a pic of boats anchoring by High Island, long
>>>since submerged.  We enjoyed great sailing with Leland, Mary Lou and Fred,
>>>and dinner also with Leland's lovely wife and fine son.
>>>Tom Hogarty
>>>
>>>http://www.nabble.com/file/p23696032/HIghIsland.jpg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>cowie wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Did anyone sail the Chesapeake today.  Nice summer day.  Sunny, 12 kt
>>> wind
>>> > out of the south east, lowered the boom, 25% main reef, 70% jib reef
>>> with
>>> > the jib sheets at the innermost block. had a nice run from hhn to
>>> poplar
>>> > island.  Came about to head home as the wind picked up.  20 kt wind for
>>> > the ride home with a significant sea.  Got bounced around a lot, too
>>> much
>>> > wind and sea.
>>> >
>>>
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