Rick,

One needs to define "great yard." The could have great prices, great turnaround and, possibly, mechanics that are "great" at getting the job done properly. Your mileage may vary.

I have owned and sailed my Rhodes 22s (two of them) since 1981. They tend to make lots of weird sounds as the hull, seats and sails take on various loads. As long as the cockpit benches didn't flex to the point of creating stress fractures, I never saw a reason to beef up the structure. Fiberglass is fairly flexible depending on age and temperature. I would be concerned that the added stringers concentrated the forces to other structural members in the attempt to make the benches more rigid. Keep an eye on the points of attachment and areas that may now distribute the forces (cockpit floor and bulkheads, etc.)

Just my $0.02. Engineers can be such an annoying group ...

Mike
s/v Wind Lass ('91)
Nissequogue River, NY
I’d rather be sailing :~)

-----Original Message-----
From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of Rick Lange
Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2023 3:39 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Anchoring

Mike,

Actually, fixed by a great yard, Sailing, Inc. in Cleveland.  They also added cockpit bench stringers because of the flexing that took place during that journey in the chop.

Regards,

Rick Lange


On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 3:30 PM Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
wrote:

> Rick,
>
> "Repaired" not "Fixed" as some yards perform substandard repairs that 
> don't really fix the problem.
>
> Mike
> s/v Wind Lass ('91)
> Nissequogue River, NY
> I’d rather be sailing :~)
>
>