[Rhodes22-list] Camping/Sailing Trip With My Boy Scout Troop

Tue Sep 21 14:02:14 EDT 2021

Great trip and a wonderful thing to give the kids a chance to experience
something like that. Well done!

On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 6:17 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

> Mike,
>
> The boat was sailed up the Intercoastal Waterway to New York, up the
> Hudson River, thru the Erie Canal, and into the Great Lakes.
>
> The trailer is  a much modified house moving trailer.  It has 8 wheels.
> Like all good toys, there is some assembly and adjustment of the outriggers
> required before each use.  All folded up, the trailer can be towed empty
> down the road.  Here’s a photo of the boat approaching the trailer on the
> launch ramp and another with the boat on the trailer; but, still in the
> water.  Linwood Marina has a 4 lane launch ramp and we have to use the
> middle 2 lanes.  As you might expect, it takes longer than the average
> trailerable boat to launch or retrieve S/V Now What.  But, it’s a good show
> and we always draw a crowd!
>
> I don’t know if it would even be possible to get the necessary extra wide
> load permits to drive something like this on the road.  I’m sure it would
> require a police escort and road closures at bare minimum
>
> Roger Pihlaja
>
> [cid:image002.jpg at 01D7AEDA.41683190]
>                                   S/V Now What Approaching It’s Trailer.
> Just put the two hulls between the fiberglass poles – easy peasy!
>
> [cid:image005.jpg at 01D7AEDA.41683190]
>                    Checking To Be Certain S/V Now What Is Sitting Properly
> on It’s Trailer Before Coming The Rest Of The Way Out Of The Water
>                    Note Adian coming down the bow stairway – In calm
> weather S/V Now What can be beached and you can step off the boat onto the
> beach.
>                    It also makes for a really nice SCUBA diving support
> boat.
>
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>
> From: Michael D. Weisner<mailto:mweisner at ebsmed.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 10:29 AM
> To: 'The Rhodes 22 Email List'<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Camping/Sailing Trip With My Boy Scout Troop
>
> Roger,
>
> A 23' beam on a car trailer! No wonder I cannot see the wheels. How was it
> transported from Florida? Wide load?
>
> It looks like it could be a lot of fun!
>
> Mike
> s/v Wind Lass ('91)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of
> ROGER PIHLAJA
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 8:33 AM
> To: Larry Gioia <lgioia at yahoo.com>; The Rhodes 22 Email List <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Camping/Sailing Trip With My Boy Scout Troop
>
> Larry,
>
> We try to go out at least once per season, either a weekend
> camping/sailing trip like this or an evening day sail.  I think it’s the
> best Scouting event of the year; but, of course I’m somewhat biased!  This
> time, we had two new Scouting families whose youth were a little hesitant
> until their parents took them aside and told them, “Are you nuts?  Do you
> know what an opportunity this is?  We’re all going!”  They all had a great
> time.  One youth got a little sea sick; but, didn’t throw up.  As soon as
> we got him back on dry land, he perked right up.  He ate two bowls of
> turkey chili at dinner, so I assumed he was OK.
>
> Dan & I have double handed the S/V Now What for hundreds of Great Lakes
> miles in all kinds of weather.  It was originally custom built in Florida
> and served for ~10 years in charter service in the Caribbean.  LOA: 42 ft,
> Beam: 23 ft, Draft CB’s Up/Down: 30 inches/6.5 ft, Two 25 bhp Outboard
> Engines, Vertical Clearance: 53 ft.  For a catamaran, I think it’s a pretty
> boat, much better looking than the floating condos the cat makers are
> building these days.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>
> [cid:image003.png at 01D7AEC3.360F0A10]
>                               S/V Now What Lying At Anchor Sent from Mail<
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> From: Larry Gioia via Rhodes22-list<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 8:15 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Camping/Sailing Trip With My Boy Scout Troop
>
> Looks like a lot of fun, and what a nice experience for the scouts!
> They’ll remember it forever. And thanks for the great description & pics -
> I feel like I was there!  That’s a big catamaran, I assume you need 2
> people minimum to sail it?
>
> Larry
>
> > On Sep 21, 2021, at 7:56 AM, ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > This past weekend, I took my Boy Scout Troop on a camping/sailing trip.
> I have a friend, Dan Schweitzer, that has a 42 ft LOA sailing catamaran
> (S/V Now What).  He keeps it at Linwood Beach Marina & Campground on
> Saginaw Bay in Linwood, MI.  Linwood is about halfway between Bay City, MI
> and Pinconning, MI on the W side of Saginaw Bay.  The campground is mostly
> for RV’s.  But, they have 6 primitive sites for tent campers.  We’ve stayed
> here in previous years and they always donate the use of the primitive
> campsites because we’re a Boy Scout Troop and they know me.  It’s good to
> have friends in low places!
> >
> > We arrived Friday night and set up camp.  We sailed on Saturday
> afternoon, camped Saturday night, and most of the troop left Sunday
> morning.  Two of the Scouts and myself stayed behind to help Dan unrig and
> fold the sails, pump out the holding tank, winterize the boat’s water
> system, retrieve the boat onto it’s custom made trailer, and then park the
> boat & trailer in it’s winter storage spot in the Marina’s storage yard.
> >
> > The sailing conditions were great: sunny, temp 75 deg F, wind N @ 10-15
> knots, waves 2-3 ft!  S/V Now What was sailing a beam reach flying her full
> mainsail and 130% genoa with neither centerboard lowered.  We averaged  ~7
> knots, hitting 9-10 knots in the gusts if the helmsman responded properly.
> Some of the youth were better at steering than others.  A boat this fast
> also slows down quickly if the helmsman screws up.
> >
> > All the Scouts got to hoist and trim sails, handle the dock lines, set
> and retrieve the anchor.  Everyone that wanted to steer got a chance to be
> helmsman.  After motoring out of the marina and down the dredged channel
> until the water got deep enough, we hoisted sail and sailed ~ 9 nm to the
> so-called “Spoils Island” at the mouth of the Saginaw River.  Spoils Island
> is so named because it’s an artificial island created by decades of
> dredging in the Saginaw River by the US Army Corps of Engineers in order to
> maintain a commercial ship channel.  We went around the S side of the
> island to get out of the wind and waves and anchored.  We had multiple
> members of the troop having birthdays, including myself (I’m 68 years
> old).  We had a birthday party at anchor.  I brought my kerosene fired
> anchor light, so it became the ceremonial “birthday anchor light”.  I took
> the Fresnel lens assembly off so it was just the oil lamp & wick.  All the
> birthday boys stood around the lit lantern while the rest of the troop sang
> Happy Birthday and then we all blew out the wick together.  Then, we had
> cupcakes and lemonade.  After the party, when everything was properly
> stowed away, we hoisted anchor, stowed the flags, raised sails, and sailed
> back to Linwood.  All told, we were on the water about 3-1/2 hours, motored
> about 4 nm and sailed about 18 nm.  Dan joined us for dinner that night in
> our campsite, turkey chili – YUM!
> >
> > Roger Pihlaja
> > S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> >
> > Here are some photos from the trip:
> >
> > [cid:image002.jpg at 01D7AEBE.25885570]
> >                                                       Adam & Tyler
> > Ready To Hoist The Mainsail @ The Marina (Note The Lazy Jacks On The
> > Mainsail)
> >
> > [cid:image005.jpg at 01D7AEBE.25885570]
> >
> > Adam Hoisting The Mainsail
> >
> > [cid:image008.jpg at 01D7AEBE.25885570]
> >                                             Unfurling The 130% Roller
> > Furling Genoa
> >
> > [cid:image011.jpg at 01D7AEBE.25885570]
> >                       Not All Helmsmen Were As Happy As Sam!  He Was
> > Grinning Like This All Afternoon
> >
> > [cid:image014.jpg at 01D7AEBE.25885570]
> >                          Roger Giving Henry His 1st Driving Lesson.  I’m
> Not Scared Of His Driving, It’s just That Rough, So I Have To Hang On!
> >
> > [cid:image018.jpg at 01D7AEBE.25885570]
> >                                               The Troop Hanging Out On
> > The Foredeck Just Before We Ducked Behind Spoils Island
> >
> > [cid:image020.jpg at 01D7AEBE.25885570]
> >                                                        Flying The Flag
> > Set @ Anchor
> >
> > [cid:image023.jpg at 01D7AEBE.25885570]
> >                                  It’s The Most Fun You Can Have @ < 10
> MPH!
> >
> > [cid:image026.jpg at 01D7AEBE.25885570]
> >
>  Tyler & Adrian Aboard A Really Big “Trailerable Boat”
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