[Rhodes22-list] Long Road Trip

[PBR]

Thanks Peter.  I usually strap my motor from between the rear cleat and a
stern rail mount point.  This lifts a little and keeps it from bouncing.
Taking some of the vertical weight on the stern rail is a good idea that I
will also incorporate.
Patrick

Patrick Riley
Lakewood, CO
s/v Cleone

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
wrote:

> Patrick,
>
> I have no neat tricks.  When I recently towed my Rhodes 22 from Edenton
> home to Connecticut, I just left the motor on the transom, and I plan to
> continue this practice in the future.  Stan’s crew tied it off to the aft
> railing and then lowered it some, so that some of the weight was supported
> by the railing, and some by the motor lift.  I have an 8 HP Mercury.  I
> don’t recall the exact weight, but it’s close to 100 lbs.
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels
>
>
> > On May 11, 2016, at 12:45 PM, PBR <pbryanriley at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Rhodies,
> > I am planning a long trip this summer and will probably be soliciting a
> lot
> > of advice.  This is the first.  Typically each summer I drive my family
> > from Denver to the East Coast and leave them with family or by a beach
> > somewhere while I fly home to work a week or two, then I go back and get
> > them.  This year I am going to take an extended vacation and stay gone
> > about 4 weeks.  Going to hit Virginia Beach, OBX (Stan's neighborhood),
> and
> > Chincoteague.  So I am planning to tow the Rhodes and have it available
> to
> > get on the water for short day sails and a little exploring.
> >
> > I had always planned to remove my motor from the boat for long trips,
> > however I had planned to just wrestle my oversized electric start Honda
> 9.9
> > x-long shaft (110 lbs) into the back of a pickup truck.  In this case I
> > will be towing with an SUV so that is not an option.  I can't really
> > just lift it into the cockpit.  The question - does anyone have any neat
> > tricks maybe using a halyard or topping lift/boom/mainsheet to lift a
> motor
> > into the cockpit/cabin for travel?
> >
> > I will have a stabilizing hitch, towing with a pathfinder, so leaving it
> > tightly strapped to the transom may be OK too.
> >
> >
> > Patrick Riley
> > Lakewood, CO
> > s/v Cleone
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