[Rhodes22-list] Newbie questions Suppliers/Anchoring/Sail Balance

[Shawn Boles]

Hi All:

First, let me thank you for your kind welcome to the list!  On May 30th we
poured a libation to Poseidon and Aeolus to retire any previous names of
our boat and  know her henceforth as  Sweet Baboo. ( I will forward
pictures).

 As I said I have a lot of questions. I looked in  the archive for answers
but did not find anything about my first 3 questions:

1. Do you have a favorite source for marine supplies? I just drove 70 Miles
to the closest West marine store and , frankly, I was not impressed. Nice
folks, but not much stock, expensive, and I pay shipping. Surely, there is
something better.

2.  Anchor rode and storage advice - we sail in a fairly shallow (avg depth
7' max 30') reservoir and want to anchor out for the night. Stan supplied a
Danforth  (looks like a 4-6 #) on bow pulpit but no chain/rode.

              - What would you recommend? I am thinking of  3/8" Premium
Anchor Line, 100', 4,400lb.   with 3-5' of
                 chain. Does anyone have picture of how you store/deploy/
retrieve your anchor.

3. Lea Helm & Sail Balance. I have only been out a couple of times (rainy
season has decided to prolong itself [?]) With 100% main and 100% jib (just
ahead of mast) I have a slight lea helm. This gets more pronounced as I
unfurl more headsail.

                 - is this normal? I am used to slight weather helm. Should
I care?
                 - what is best adjustment? traveler? mast rake? other?


Thanks in advance for any advice.

Shawn & Melva Boles
s/v Sweet Baboo ('86)

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