[Rhodes22-list] bumped : Unsinkable does not = Unswampable

[Goodness]

Built well by Stan and general boats.
Designed by Phillip Rhodes.

I still stand by using an anchor rider sail when on a mooring.  Setting my mooring sometime soon and will fly a rider.  Im in an area with lots of sudden squalls.



On Aug 25, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Joe Camp <jjcampjr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> To all concerned about sinking:
> 
> (From Joe Camp, starter of this discussion)
> 
>      Our boat will not sink. My boat did not sink; I guess she was "swamped." Had the masthead not been driven into the mud and the cabin door not been sucked out by what was probably a mini vortex, she would have self-righted.  Of course, given the fact that the entire port side went for a long swim, it may as well have sunk.  I don't think this freakish weather situation, like most "accidents," could have been anticipated in the design of the R-22.  Stan designed it to sail (which it does very well) not sit at a mooring. These flipping incidents have simply pointed out a rare (rare) weakness.  
> 
>      One might elect to hoist a flotation device to the masthead while moored or at anchor.  Or take his or her boat off the hook and put it in a slip (which is my plan).  We cannot scorn the "unsinkable" claim under the unusual circumstances that dumped the John Dawson into the drink.  If a car manufacturer claims a certain model gets 400 miles per tank of gas, and an unexpected  rock punctures hole in the gas tank and reduces the mileage on that trip to 43 miles, you can't attack the manufacturer's claim. You simply fix the hole, try to prevent future holes and keep in mind that holes can happen. The odds are very good that every other trip will produce the claimed gas mileage.  
> 
>      And remember, as I have recently declared:  If you want to be a sailor, you have to have some stories.
> "All out!  Starboard ho!  Posh with a capital... P. O. S. H. ... posh."  (Chitty Chitty Bang-Bang)
> 
> Joe Camp
> s/v John Dawson
> currently on the hard, Bohemia River, MD
> 
>> ________________________________
>> From: PBR <pbryanriley at gmail.com>
>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> 
>> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 12:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] bumped : capsize discussion continued, masthead float?
>> 
>> When boat shopping I looked to the Rhodes for the "unsinkable" aspect
>> for safety, primarily as a selling point for my wife.  I remember
>> asking Stan about capsizability (while sailing, not moored) and came
>> away pretty confident that it wouldn't happen to me because it would
>> take both a big wave and big wind combination and I didn't expect any
>> big waves in my small lake sailing.  I believe he said the only time
>> he was aware of a Rhodes 22 Mast being pointed down was in a
>> hurricane.  However, I do remember him saying that if I was concerned
>> about it I could have a spare halyard and I could just run a spare
>> life jacket or fender up the Mast (when conditions warranted).  A
>> small amount of force would stop it from turtling.
>> -PBR
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