[Rhodes22-list] All tied up
Alex McKenna
alex at brightrhino.com
Wed Jun 9 19:28:56 EDT 2010
David,
Sorry to hijack this thread, but are you in Connecticut?
We just moved here last year, and I am dying to see a functioning Rhodes,
mine needed restoration, and is in cracked pieces now. If you have some
time, I would really like to see your boat.
Thanks,
Alex
David Bradley wrote:
>
> Mary Lou, mid-ship cleats (thanks for reminding me of the saltier
> term) were original factory equipment. Picture attached.
>
> Joe, note the side rails - an option I'm very glad I went for, which
> has been debated on the list. I'd get them again. Best place to hang
> fenders in addition to other more significant benefits.
>
> Dave
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 5:01 AM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
> wrote:
>> Dave,
>> Did you add mid-ship cleats to your boat? Most
>> R22s don't have them. Where are they located?
>>
>> Does anyone else have mid-ship cleats?
>>
>> Mary Lou
>> 1991 R22 Fretless
>> Rock Hall, MD
>>
>>
>>
>> At 01:10 AM 6/9/2010, you wrote:
>>>Joe, sorry, you did ask that question. In addition to what others
>>>have written...
>>>
>>>3/8" line is fine but I switched to 1/2" and feel more manly for it.
>>>Also like the braided nylon lines 'cause their softer. -)
>>>
>>>I have lines fixed to the dock (also have a floating dock), short
>>>lines perpendicular from the dock cleats to the fore and aft boat
>>>cleats. And two spring lines from fore and aft dock cleats to center
>>>side boat cleat. Fore and aft lines keep the boat positioned close to
>>>dock, and spring lines keep the boat centered lengthwise. This set up
>>>works well in particular if the waves hit the bow or stern, so the
>>>spring lines have a lttle give. Hefty fenders between dock and boat a
>>>must. If you're at a permanant dock, you might want to invest in
>>>fenders mounted on the dock.
>>>
>>>Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Joe Camp <jjcampjr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> > Dave:
>>> > Thanks for the reply. I was more concerned
>>> with the actual mechanics of tying up the boat:
>>> how many & what type of lines, where to tie off, how close to the dock?
>>> > Joe
>>> >
>>> > --- On Tue, 6/8/10, David Bradley <dwbrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > From: David Bradley <dwbrad at gmail.com>
>>> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] All tied up
>>> > To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>> > Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 7:35 PM
>>> >
>>> > Joe, in a word, slowly.
>>> >
>>> > It's important to put your motor in neutral and lose all you headway.
>>> > Then nudge the boat in with short, easy pulses of forward or backward
>>> > power. One of those things I learned after a couple of nail biters.
>>> >
>>> > I have a tight marina and am glad to have the rudder linked to the
>>> > motor with Stan's ingenious steering option.
>>> >
>>> > Dave
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 6/8/10, Joe Camp <jjcampjr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> >> Friends:
>>> >> I will not have my boat until the end
>>> of July, but no sense in letting
>>> >> this question go: I have never tied up at a
>>> slip before. Mine will be on a
>>> >> lake, in a protected marina and is a floating dock. Please give me
>>> some
>>> >> advice on the best way to accomplish this seemingly mundane task.
>>> Poem
>>> >> follows.
>>> >> Joe
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Me
>>> >>
>>> >> JJ Camp
>>> >>
>>> >> “I wish that Michael
>>> >>
>>> >> wasn’t dead,” she said to me
>>> >>
>>> >> on a day after he was gone.
>>> >>
>>> >> “Something’s wrong!
>>> >>
>>> >> I love—
>>> >>
>>> >> I loved him Dad,
>>> >>
>>> >> but I can’t cry.
>>> >>
>>> >> So tell me why
>>> >>
>>> >> I even said
>>> >>
>>> >> I was his friend,
>>> >>
>>> >> if I can’t cry.”
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> “And would you cry—
>>> >>
>>> >> Dad—
>>> >>
>>> >> you know—
>>> >>
>>> >> if it was me
>>> >>
>>> >> instead of Mike?” 1993
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
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