[Rhodes22-list] New Sailor Fears

[Leland]

Bill,

Welcome to you and your family!

If you have no sails out and no PFD run up to the top of the mast, the boat
might be able to capsize if a big wave hit the boat broadside.  I mean like
a really BIG ocean wave.  Wind can't capsize it but it can certainly scare
the heck out of you the first few times the boat heels over at an
uncomfortable angle.

Once you can convince your son that the boat won't capsize, the best thing
to do is try to make it capsize.  Tell your son that it's like a tame
amusement park ride.  My son, now 20, and his friends don't even like to go
out now unless they can bury the rail.

Don't know if you want to share the following story with your kids but in it
the boat didn't capsize and the gusts were over 50 mph.

http://old.nabble.com/file/p31584510/Sail%2BMagazine%2BArticle-4.doc
Sail+Magazine+Article-4.doc 

Good luck!

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
Kent Island, MD


Hello, Everyone,

My family and I are the proud new owners of our first Rhodes 22 (a  
1980 Rhodes which you may have seen on the list about a month ago).  I  
am working on a list of mechanical questions for the list, but for the  
moment I was hoping for some help with one of my crew.  I have a  
twelve year old daughter and fourteen year old son.  While we don't  
have much sailing experience as a family, my wife has had sailing  
lessons and has actually instructed on small boats and I have sailed  
for many years making it up as I went along.  The trouble I am having  
is convincing my fourteen year old son that the boat is not going to  
capsize.  I would like to say that it can't happen, but I am fairly  
sure that is not the case.  I did read in "The Report on the Rhodes  
22"  on Stan's site that because of the flared sides, the boat will  
not capsize while under sail.
Does anyone have a story that I could share with my son that might  
instill some confidence that the chances of turning turtle and sinking  
to the bottom of the lake are slim to none?
Thanks for your help.

Bill
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