[Rhodes22-list] Maximum Capacity

[Wickman, William E]

Glad you all had a good time.  Right?  You make a good point that I forgot to mention; when there are a lot of people on the boat I put a plug in the cockpit drain (the kind that has the flip top for tightening).  Just don't forget to take it out at the end of the day or you might find your cockpit full of rain water when you go back out to your boat.

Bill W. 
s/v Fina Lee


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From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of marlangreen at gmail.com
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 10:22 AM
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Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Maximum Capacity

I went out with 6 people (including myself) yesterday in 15 mph winds. Boy,
I would say that would be maximum capacity as far as I'm concerned. It was
a bit tricky tacking with that many people in the cockpit. Even when one
person would stand in the cabin it was still crowded. What I didn't expect
was the weight distribution aspect! It was fine when we moved people about,
but sometimes we were healing pretty hard. Not to mention that with all
that weight the prop on the Mercury long shaft outboard was trailing in the
water even when the motor lift was all the way up!

Today I am buying plug for the scupper in the cockpit floor because all
that water that came up through it with all that weight made for a bit of
extra water ballast! Yup, I think I'm going to stick with five max from
here on out.

Marlan
s/v the Nauti Boat
Mayo, MD
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