[Rhodes22-list] Launching tomorrow

[Mary Lou Troy]

Agreed. Hand tight. We did use a Loos gauge to make sure they were even 
side to side once we were in the water but that had to be done on a 
quiet day with no one moving around the boat. Too much and you will 
start to depress the deck over the compression post in the cabin. It can 
even depress the compression post into the fiberglass depending on how 
the boat was constructed (all Rhodes 22s are not the same) or has been 
maintained.

Note that if you did not buy your boat from General Boats, there are two 
versions of the Owners Manual (two different years) in the documents 
section of the Rhodes22.0rg website. http://rhodes22.org/doclib/index.html

Mary Lou
Ex Rhodes 22
now Rosborough RF-246
Rock Hall, MD

On 4/1/2019 12:00 AM, Graham Stewart wrote:
> Alexis:
> I think that is far too much tension. More than a few Rhodes have been damaged by rigs that were too tight. I don't have the IMF mast so I can't give advice specific to your rig, but if you don't have Stan,s instructions for tensioning the rig I would get them and follow them carefully. Generally though, so long as the mast is staying in position you don't need or want more tension on the rig.
>
>
> Graham Stewart
> Agile 1976 Rhodes 22
> Kingston Ontario
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Alexis Seigneurin
> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2019 10:28 PM
> To: Theodore Boender; The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Launching tomorrow
>
> I said I was going to launch my boat this weekend but I unfortunately had to give up. I had prepared the outboard (started on the first pull!), raised the mast (went smoothly!) and tensioned the rigging.
>
> I was ready to launch, but the first problem arose when trying to pull the tongue of the trailer. I couldn’t extend it because the cable of the brakes (hydraulic?) was too short and I didn’t think it was a good idea to disconnect it. This, combined with the fact that the ramp was not very steep, that meant the truck was going to have to go in the water. Not great.
>
> I tried anyway, but the ramp was too short, and going pas the end of the ramp meant more trouble. The hull of the Rhodes was still standing 3-4 inches above the water and I just couldn’t launch, so I decided to abort.
>
> My boat is back on the boatyard and I’m hoping to get in the water with a forklift next weekend. The great thing is raising the mast was easy and I am now confident I can do it again fairly quickly.
>
> One question I have is how much tension to put in the rigging. I put 300 lbs in the upper shrouds and 200 on the four lower shrouds. Do that sound about right? (For what it’s worth, I have an IMF.)
>
> Alexis
>
>
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> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> on behalf of Theodore Boender via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2019 5:39 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Launching tomorrow
>
> I won’t bring up the fact that I’ve been sailing all year😎
>
> Cheers,
> Ted
>
> S/V AIRPOWER
> 1991/2013 R22
> Jacksonville, FL
>
>
>
>> On Mar 29, 2019, at 12:05 PM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Must be nice to be able to launch so early in the year. The ice in front of
>> my house (Lake Ontario) is stll thick enough to drive a truck on it.
>>
>> Graham Stewart
>> Agile 1976 Rhodes 22
>> Kingston Ontario
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of
>> Alexis Seigneurin
>> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2019 8:39 AM
>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Launching tomorrow
>>
>> Hi all!
>>
>> I am going to launch my boat tomorrow in Deltaville. This will be my first
>> time raising the mast and launching. This is a bit intimidating but very
>> exciting!
>>
>> If anyone of you is around and wants to join, let me know.
>>
>> Alexis
>>
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