R22 Discussion Group

This popped up on my phone. The Rhodes 22 is in good company.

So I just read the Small Craft Advisor article (Issue #121, p20) article 
and I'm rather annoyed. I'll need to read the article again when I have 
more time but here is a quick and somewhat careful synopsis.

The author writes about sailing his Sailmaster 22 (good boat, Sparkman & 
Stephens design) and getting caught in the same storm that capsized the 
R22. In many ways, it's a good article about what he did in the face of 
the storm and what he should have done better. He gets onto shaky ground 
when he starts talking about why the R22 capsized (he doesn't seem to 
have direct knowledge in spite of talking to the skipper of the R22 and 
is just speculating on how the design may have contributed to the 
capsize) and why his boat didn't. He makes at least one error and a 
couple errors of omission in talking about the design of the R22.

Early on in the article the author quotes me from my chapter in "Sailing 
Small" quoting GB's website about the R22 being "uncapsizeable under 
sail." It's irrelevant as the R22 was motoring at the time as was the 
Sailmaster. Both evidently saw the storm while near the mouth of their 
home creek and both elected to make a run for the dock or at least 
sheltered water. The R22 was capsized. dismasted and "the salvage crew 
couldn't refloat the boat, so a crane was used to lift it onto a small 
barge." The Rhodes evidently had extensive damage to the bow and was 
uninsured.

I'm planning on writing a letter to SCA correcting a couple of 
statements by the author and adding some thoughts of my own having had 
the R22 out in a significant squall as described in Sailing Small. If 
any Long Island Rhodies know more about the incident, I'd love to hear it.

Mary Lou
ex-R22
now Rosborough RF-246
Rock Hall, MD

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Mary Lou Troy

R22 capsize in Force 10