[Rhodes22-list] Splash!

[Ellner]

Way to go, Mary Lou.......we have Blew set up in the backyard......but 
the river's not going down.....so we're not going to make our usual 
Mother's Day weekend splash!  We need lots of sun!

Mary & Rod
toy blew
> We finally launched yesterday morning. We were already to go last
> week. Got to the ramp. Everything was going smoothly. Had the mast
> ready to raise when I hear an "Uh-oh" from the bow. Fred had noticed
> a small bolt on the foredeck and knew exactly what it was - the bolt
> that keeps the forestay from sliding up inside the Schaeffer furler.
> Guess where the forestay was. It's not a hard fix. You get out your
> Allen wrench...... oops. No Allen wrench in the toolkit. There's one
> at home 3 miles away. We looked at each other and calculated the time
> to unhitch the truck go home and get the Allen wrench, come back and
> hitch up again vs. the time to put the mast back on the bow pulpit
> and drive home with the boat to fix the furler. Either way it was
> going to be hot and we would miss the optimum tide for launch. We
> drove home. Weather, tides and our schedules conspired to postpone
> launch until yesterday. We were a little concerned that the south
> winds would push the tide too high at the ramp but it was already
> going down by the time we got over there. Easy mast raising and
> launch. Motor started and ran smoothly. It's about a 15 minute motor
> from the ramp to the marina. No problems docking even with a strong
> breeze. Not a bad start to the season.
>
> Best,
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
>
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