[Rhodes22-list] She floats!

[Mark Whipple]

Hi Peter,

I wondered when someone would notice the bowsprit. It didn't take long! The
boat came with some sort of light-air sail on its own furler. The sail was
designed to be attached to the sprit at the bottom and the green halyard at
the top. I haven't attempted to rig it yet, in part because the bowsprit
used to be longer. As I was moving the boat around the boatyard on the
trailer last year I caught the halyard on the anchor roller of another boat
and snapped off the front of the bowsprit. Fixing that will likely be a job
for the winter or next season.

Mark

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 3:04 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> Mark,
>
> Many unusual features on your boat, as you’ve mentioned.
>
> Is the bow-sprit for a spinnaker?
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
>
> > On Aug 28, 2020, at 2:23 PM, Mark Whipple <mark at whipplefamily.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > It's been a long summer for me with too many projects and no sailing. So
> I
> > am pleased to announce that my Rhodes 22, Luna Mia, went in the water
> > around 9am EST today! Looking forward to some fun September sailing on
> > Boston Harbor.
> >
> > I did launch her for just a few weeks last year (I bought her last
> spring)
> > but never really did any sailing. This year I was able to raise the mast
> > and launch the boat myself for the first time! I choose a day to raise
> the
> > mast with very little wind. I used lines to help stabilize the mast but I
> > still want to make a set of extenders for the forward lower shrouds.
> Should
> > they be 8" or a little more?
> >
> > The engine is still a little balky but I haven't tried changing the fuel
> > filter yet. I hope that's it. I'll be interested to see how I like the
> > self-tending jib. I have a new outhaul car to install and a new traveller
> > (that will be a bigger project). I hope to go sailing Monday or Tuesday
> > depending on the weather etc.
> >
> > FYI You can see downtown Boston in the background of this shot.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > --
> > Boston, MA
> >
> > 2000 R22 *Luna Mia*
> > 1987 Nimble 30 *For Sale*
> > 1982 Com-Pac 16 *For Sale*
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