[Rhodes22-list] Maximum Capacity

[marlangreen at gmail.com]

Yes. My crew had a great time. I did too but was generally too focused on
making sure we had a comfortable sail to relax very much. Having fun is so
much work!
On Jul 5, 2013 11:11 AM, "Wickman, William E" <WEWickman at spectraenergy.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
> 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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