[Rhodes22-list] Chronology of a 1980 Rhodes 22 purchase

[Orin Harding]

Geoff,

Trailer has no brakes which concerned me but nothing I could do about it prior 
to heading home.
I found that by maintaining good separation from other traffic (a good thing 
always) I had no problem at all.
I did use transmission breaking for stop lights and such but one time I had to 
panic brake (idiot talking on a cell phone) and the truck's brakes handled the 
situation well.

Regards,
Orin
s/v "Babe 2" (Soon to be renamed when wife decides what to call her)




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From: Geoff Farrell <geoffreylfarrell at gmail.com>
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Fri, September 24, 2010 2:11:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Chronology of a 1980 Rhodes 22 purchase

Orin, I'll be doing the same thing very soon. Does your trailer have surge
brakes? How was the braking in general? Thanks, Geoff

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Orin Harding <wa4tbr at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Hi Geoff,
>
> The truck pulled her well although I did drop the transmission out of "D"
> into
> "3" on the longer hills.
> Cruised between 60 and 65 on the interstates and averaged about 14 MPG
> during
> the tow.
> Truck normally gets around 21.5 MPG on the highway.
>
> Fly swatter is on the list -
>
> Regards,
> Orin
> s/v "Babe 2" (Soon to be renamed when wife decides what to call her)
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Geoff Farrell <geoffreylfarrell at gmail.com>
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Fri, September 24, 2010 11:50:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Chronology of a 1980 Rhodes 22 purchase
>
>  She's beautiful. Congrats. You must be pretty excited. How was it pulling
> her with that P/U truck? One thing I would change right away- upgrade that
> fly swatter that's hanging down below. Geoff
>
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
>
> > Orin,
> > Sharp looking boat.  Congratulations!  Quite a story on how you bought
> her.
> >
> > How is the bow anchor set up?  Most of ours hang from the bow pulpit.  -
> > rob
> >
> >
> >
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