[Rhodes22-list] Long term cruising stowage

[Jesse Shumaker]

Ha, thanks for the explanation :)

Happy Thanksgiving to the group!

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019, 5:03 PM Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey Jesse,
>  Thanks for the good words.  There is no such thing as "small potatoes"
> when it comes to sailing your Rhodes.  It is whatever amount of joy you
> find each day on the water.  Half kidding about the water line, but you are
> right, there is some water that fills the little scupper but doesn't rise
> above the cockpit sole, when the boat is level.  But when was our boat ever
> "level".  So if the boat heels then a lot more water accumulates.  We do
> use a plug with a bit of extra rescue tape wrapped around it to make a
> secure and solid grip so it won't pop out.  My best solution:  Load the bow
> with lots of beer.  Keeps the boat on an even keel; me, not so much. (grin
> )
>
> Chris G
> ENOSIS
>
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 4:25 PM Jesse Shumaker <
> jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Chris, thanks for posting this.  It's helpful to see the organization
> > system
> > resulting from the experience of your many trips on the Rhodes over the
> > years.  I've made it through most of your travelogues (just have the 2016
> > Mexico trip to go) and had wondered how you packed all the necessary
> gear.
> > Thanks for putting the planning details and lists in the Baja trip in
> > particular.  Thanks for capturing these adventures in words and photos so
> > we
> > can enjoy them as well.  I'm inspired to start some of my own adventures
> in
> > road trips next summer.  These will seem like small potatoes compared to
> > the
> > trips that you and others have made, but I have to start somewhere.
> >
> > In the attachment, you mentioned how you had to raise the water line
> which
> > I
> > can understand.  Do you have issues with water pushing up through the
> > cockpit drain when you're loaded heavily?  If I get a few passengers on
> > board, even if I move them forward in the cockpit, I get some water that
> > comes back up through the cockpit drain.  It's not a lot of water and it
> > stops taking on water when it has reached some sort of equilibrium.
>  When
> > passengers step off the boat, the stern raises and the water drains.  The
> > former owner had a plug that could go in this drain, but it tends to pop
> > out
> > after I put it in.  If I was loaded very heavy like your boat, I think
> this
> > could become more of an issue to be dealt with instead of a minor
> > nuisance.
> > Perhaps I just need some more weight in the bow as a counter balance.
> Has
> > anyone else experienced this and if so, do you have any suggestions?
> > Thanks
> > in advance for any input.
> >
> >
> >
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