[Rhodes22-list] a note from the admiral

[Tom Van Heule]

Jesse,
My wife has taken helm over as my.plauging dyslexia is too much for her to
deal with at sea.  Namely, I hate my hiking stick...  It's the twist lock
type and I can't ever seem to twist the right way, lol. (Man, I sound like
a whiner)   This frustration transfered to the throttle on the tiller of
the outboard and the hiking tiller, with linkage. I dream of an electric on
tiller control ....

She'd rather not grab the dock and deal with the docking lines, a
developing skillless crew, lol.  So it's working out well.

Even in some mild+ (20) winds on lake Michigan, I wish she weighed 10k lbs
more.
But that just inexperience with her.  She flys and acts like a cork.  Just
need to train myself.

Thanks for listening,




On Mon, Jun 7, 2021, 7:53 PM Cary Tolbert <retiredtoby at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jesse, I understand completely. But then the Ranger 23 is better suited for
> the San Francisco Bay sailing. It has twice the ballast as the Rhodes
> The Bay is well known for its strong winds not to mention the currents.
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021, 8:45 PM Jesse Shumaker <
> jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Quick correction to the last note: I mentioned running rigging at the
> mast,
> > but I was referring to halyards, reefing, etc. It turned out to be quite
> > lively to head on deck and up to the mast in some lively conditions in
> San
> > Francisco Bay!
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Sent from: http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/
> >
>