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

[John Lock]

Right... I don't know why he experiences it on his boat.

-- 
Cheers!
John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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On 2012-06-04 14:37, Hank wrote:
> 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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