[Rhodes22-list] Roger!!

Tue Nov 27 12:20:24 EST 2018

Rob (et All),
                   I was posting everything piecemeal and without much
editing.  I am about half way through a full edit (now that I'm back in the
U.S.) and will try to post it all as a single link and document before
Christmas.  Also finally got to start doing the same for the last trip in
the Sea of Cortez.  Hope this will be a single document and link around the
same time.  Thanks for all the encouragement and comments.
Chris & Alice
SV Enosis I

On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 10:30 AM Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:

> Roger,
> If you have time, you should really go back and read Chris adventures.
>
> Chris,
> Do you have a list of all the links for all you postings?  Would be
> helpful for the archives if they were all in one place.  Thanks - rob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of
> Chris Geankoplis
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 10:26 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Roger!!
>
> Welcome Back Roger,
>                                   So glad you still have that amazing
> custom boat!  More importantly, you are still enjoying it and can share it
> with the grand kids.So glad you feel ok with the list now.  All of us
> members will endeavor to keep it on task and subject.
>
> Chris & Alice Geankoplis
> S/V Enosis I
>
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 1:07 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Peter,
> >
> > I dropped off the list in 2002 because I was tired of the political
> > rancor vs boat talk.  In the years since then, I earned a BSME degree
> > to go with my MSChE and BSChE degrees and spent 10 years as an
> engineering consultant
> > with Emerson Process Management.   I’m retired now, but we still have our
> > 1978 Rhodes 22.  We still mostly day sail it from our dock on Sanford
> > Lake in the central lower peninsula of Michigan.  I’m still married to
> > Deborah,
> > 41+ years now.  I have 3 grandchildren, 2 girls and a boy.  Kaylee,
> > 41+ the
> > oldest is 4, and I’m looking forward to overnighting with her at the
> > dock and at anchor next summer.
> >
> > I know Stan and Rose have retired.  Are they still selling Rhodes
> > pieces/parts, perhaps selling off old stock?
> >
> > Roger Pihlaja
> > SV Dynamic Equilibrium
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Nov 26, 2018, at 12:51 PM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Roger,
> > >
> > > I joined the list well after you stopped posting, but I feel I know
> > > you
> > from having spent many hours reading the list archives.  I’m very
> > happy to see you posting once again.  I hope the list can look forward
> > to more of your insights in the future.
> > >
> > > Peter Nyberg
> > > Coventry, CT
> > > s/v Silverheelsl (1988/2016)
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Nov 26, 2018, at 12:02 PM, ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Bob,
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I just took some rough measurements of the curvature of your rudder
> > from the attached picture.  It is deflecting ~1.5% in compression
> > buckling mode.  The rudder blade is made from glass fiber reinforced
> > polyester (FRP) with some internal ballast.  Typical FRP composites
> > have an ultimate elongation of from 2-7%, with the failure point
> > tending towards the low end as the temperature drops because the
> > plastic resin passes thru its glass transition temperature and becomes
> > brittle.  I would NOT leave the rudder loaded like that all winter.
> > You have another issue in that the compression on the rudder is
> > loading up the rudder’s gudgeons and pintles and the boat’s transom in
> > a manner they were never designed to handle.  By spring, you may very
> > well have hull damage on the transom.  I would find some way to get that
> rudder unloaded ASAP!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> If you unload it soon, you should see the rudder blade straighten out.
> > At your next opportunity, strip the bottom paint off the rudder and
> > carefully inspect it.  You are looking for tiny transverse cracks (i.e.
> > running from side to side vs. the length of the rudder blade),
> > especially on the port side where the surface was in tension due to
> > the buckling.  If you see these cracks, you might consider prepping
> > the surface and applying a couple of coats of WEST System epoxy to both
> sides of the rudder blade.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Let me know how it turns out for you or if you have any other
> questions.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Roger Pihlaja
> > >>
> > >> SV Dynamic Equilibrium
> > >>
> > >
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