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

[Hank]

John,

Lee helm is when the boat falls off when overpowered.  It could lead to a
knock down in high winds.  With weather helm, the boat rounds up when over
powered and comes more upright.

Hank

On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 2:31 PM, John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com> wrote:

> Hi Shawn,
>
> Congrats on your launch...  you've got a lot of good times ahead of you!
>
> 1) I buy lots from Defender.com.  I don't buy from West because I shop
> online and there is a West store in GA so I have to pay sales tax AND
> shipping.  So that's a no go.  Have had good service and prices from the
> following as well:
>
> http://www.go2marine.com/
> http://www.shipstore.com/
> http://www.overtons.com/
> http://www.sailboatstuff.com/
> http://www.sailorsams.com/
>
> My old boat does not have the anchor locker in front.  I have Danforth
> style anchors, one hung on the bow pulpit and one hung on the stern
> pulpit.  Rodes and chains are stored in perforated plastic baskets under
> the cockpit seats.  From experience on our own lake (sounds similar to
> yours) we don't really need the chain part on the rode.  Might help
> anchor setting a little, but I think it just adds more weight and gear
> with little benefit.  I may remove the chain this year.  Don't know what
> the lee helm issue is...
>
> --
> Cheers!
> John Lock
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> Lake Sinclair, GA
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
> On 2012-06-04 13:11, Shawn Boles wrote:
> > 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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