Thanks for the kind response. We have corresponded before.

I will look at the boat you mentioned. In the mean time, how to harden the
boat I have seems a reasonable question to ask. And no, I do not sail in
conditions beyond the its current capabilities. I know how much to ask of
it.

Thanks again

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From: "thebooker" <bridges.brooks at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 9:32 AM
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Cockpit Waterproofing

> Hi Jay,
>
> Sounds like you are sailing in conditions never experienced by most Rhodes
> 22 owners, but fairly common for you. They remind me of the quote: "He
> would
> go to sea for pleasure, would go to hell for a vacation."
>
> I've sailed the Chesapeake Bay area 12 years now and encountered similar
> conditions one time in a 27 ft trimaran (F27) and once in a 30' keel boat
> (a
> gale but I was going downwind double reefed - one of the best sails of my
> life). Both of these boats boats were designed to handle these conditions.
> Your Rhodes 22 wasn't. Now I stay home if such conditions become a
> possibility and miss out on very little sailing.
>
> I think you are asking the boat to do far more than the designer intended.
> The Rhodes 22 is a great boat, nigh perfect for 99% of Rhodes owners and
> the
> area they sail in. The Rhodes is even designed to recover from a knock
> down
> from wind, as from a sudden thunderstorm. It's not designed for sailing in
> long term large waves AND high winds. It's the waves that can cause even
> well designed keel boats to capsize or turtle. A very experienced ocean
> racer single handing in Pacific put out an SOS to be rescued because he
> knew
> the weather system he was in would last for several days and his autopilot
> could not be counted on to handle the conditions when he had to get rest.
> He
> had had the boat for many years, loved it, but scuttled it when a ship
> came
> by to rescue him. He basically knew he would die if he continued and felt
> he
> owed it to his family to bail out.
>
> Why not get an International Folkboat, or another boat designed almost
> specifically for your sailing conditions?
>
> Brooks Bridges
> Choptank River Cambridge MD
> "Changes"
>
>
>
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> 1986, Recycled 2006 "Changes"
> Cambridge, MD
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