[Rhodes22-list] centerboard attachment/ now Roger

[Dennis]

... I agree, Rummy. No one would share their rum with Roger - but I've got a
hunch he's over it and enjoying life in ways he finds enjoyable.

Dennis
Magic Moments
Getting ready for de-shrinkwrapping


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R22RumRunner at aol.com
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 10:42 AM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] centerboard attachment/ now Roger

Roger left because he couldn't get along in this community. No other reason.
And please sign your posts. 
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 3/17/2014 10:07:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
sprocket80 at mail.com writes:

This is  exactly why Roger left.

It is not always about the Zen, or another  excuse to drink. Some people
enjoy the practical and technical aspects of  sailing...with or without
libation.
--
Sent from my Android phone with  mail.com Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

Dennis  <mcneelyd at site-solutions.com> wrote:

Easy on the engineers,  Rummie. Some engineers do their best work with rum
in hand.

Dennis
Magic Moments
Thawing out over the Detroit  River

-----Original Message-----
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R22RumRunner at aol.com
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 4:48  PM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list]  centerboard attachment

Ric,
Really? You think that it would go  through the centerboard cap?The bottom
of the old style center board is  rounded. The odds of taking a perfect
direct hit with no forward motion are  so remote I won't take the time to
calculate it. Again, this is a what if  scenario without it ever having
happened in my Rhodes life. I have seen a  whole lot of other things go
wrong while sailing, but do not try to find a  scenario that finds fault
with our Rhodes where one does not exist. Give me  a real life experience
and we will try to find a reason for it happening  and why and try not to do
it again. There is nothing wrong with either  centerboard design in my
opinion and most of the Rhodes nation would agree.  Are you an engineer by
any chance? I have found that engineers do not make  very good sailors. They
tend to over think everything and forget why they  are out sailing in the
first place: to drink alcohol. Massive quantities of  alcohol.

Rummy

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