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

[Mary Lou Troy]

Hmm, I believe we used champagne - which may explain our wimpy 
sailing history the last couple of years.

Mary Lou


At 09:03 AM 6/5/2012, you wrote:
>RED WINE is not an acceptable liquid for the naming/renaming ritual. Rum,
>good quality rum is the ONLY liquid that is recognized by the gods. Anything
>  less will bring fire and damnation upon your vessel.
>
>Rummy
>
>
>In a message dated 6/4/2012 2:29:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>shawn.sustain at gmail.com writes:
>
>Charles:
>
>I used a  variation of ritual I  found
>here<http://www.rhodes22.org/blew_skies/naming.html>.
>I was  not sure about her previous name(s) so I just asked the Gods to
>retire them  with honor.
>
>1. Good red wine.
>2. Pour some on bow as libations to  Gods
>3. Make your request for naming and protection.
>4. Toast the  boat!
>
>BTW -  Clean the bow quickly - Red wine  stains...
>
>Cheers,
>Shawn
>
>On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 11:15 AM,  Charles Nieman
><blue66corvette at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
> >
> >  I am wanting/needing to change the name on my boat ..... have never  been
> > clear on the proper proceedure. Can you describe and/or send me  to a
>[place
> > to get the process described completely?
> >
> >  Charles
> > 98R22
> >
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012  10:11:32 -0700
> > > From: shawn.sustain at gmail.com
> > > To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> > > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Newbie  questions Suppliers/Anchoring/Sail
> > Balance
> > >
> > >  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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