[Rhodes22-list] range extenders

[Sailor Joe]

Hey Art,

I've been looking through a few books on upgrading boats for cruising.  Some
of the ideas seem like they would be applicable to the R22.  I'd be very
interested in any ideas on the subject.  

joscook at bellsouth nospace dot nospace net


Cover-man wrote:
> 
> Any time you become curious about some type of enclosure as a range
> extenders I can share some ideas offline.
> 
> Art
> 
> Have a nice day!
> 
> 
> On May 14, 2011, at 1:26 AM, Sailor Joe <joscook at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I do enjoy these stories about cruising in the R22... Dry Tortugas, 
>> The San Juans, and the Bahamas.  Are there any others somewhere in the
>> archives?
>> 
>> It's time for me to do some destination sailing.  I like my Rhodes.  I'm
>> determined to do some kind of destination sailing this autumn somewhere
>> here
>> in Florida.  
>> 
>> My wife doesn't have any interest in overnight or out of sight of land
>> sailing  in any size boat, so I  have to face the fact that it is going
>> to
>> be a solo trip. 
>> 
>> So, I don't have to worry about trading the Rhodes for a bigger boat.
>> It would be a lot more cost effective to do a few modifications on the
>> Rhodes, wouldn't it?  Or am I just going insane?  
>> 
>> Any ideas on practical modifications ideas would be welcome.  I'm
>> thinking
>> jacklines, anchor roller,  etc.
>> Any ideas on a  temporary cockpit volume reducer? Bulwarks, lifelines,
>> pop
>> top reinforcement?  Radar detectors, or whatever? 
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