[Rhodes22-list] Equipment query

[Mary Lou Troy]

Hi Joe,

At 10:37 AM 4/25/2010, you wrote:
>  How about lines,

Are you putting her in a slip? If so, you'll want enough to tie her 
in the slip and a couple of extra for the launch ramp. A few more if 
there are other marinas or restaurants on your lake you might want to 
visit (so you don't have to take the docklines from your slip). We 
have a wide assortment. For tying up in the slip we use 3 strand 
nylon. We have a mix of braided and nylone of different lengths that 
we take cruising as docking arrangements vary widely on the Chesapeake.

>fenders

We don't use fenders in our home slip but we have an assortment that 
we use at other marinas and for raftups. By far, the best are the 
Taylor low freeboard fenders that are curved at the top. 
(http://www.boatcovers.cc/cgi-bin/catalog.pl?item_id=9) We have the 
7" ones and they fit and stay put really well around the R22 curves. 
We have a few others that we will use on a dock where extra 
protection is necessary but these are the most useful.

>anchor hardware,

Your R22 will come with an anchor and rode. What you need beyond that 
will depend on where you will be anchoring.

>PFDs
Obviously a must. One for everyone on the boat. We don't use them 
unless the going gets rough and then we have inflatables that we 
like. Inflatables don't count towards your complement of PFDs unless 
you are wearing them so we have a bag of regular PFDs that we bought 
as a pack from West to make sure that there is one for each of us and guests.

>day and night warning devices

We carry a horn and a flashlight. Boat comes with running lights. We 
also have Coast Guard approved flares aboard.

>and any variety of items you think I'll need to sail...not in 
>oppulent comfort, but you know: just friggin' sail.

Weather radio or VHF with weather channel.
VHF is indispensable on the Chesapeake. Not sure about your lake, but 
if there are a lot of boaters, and if your marina uses it, it's 
useful. We got by with a handheld for years but discovered that we 
had trouble receiving transmissions from other folks with handhelds 
(like the dockmasters at a marina) and finally went with a 
permanently mounted radio and a masthead antenna.

Weather radio is important anywhere.

Binoculars

Chart or map of your lake if available.

Best of luck,
Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD