Stan,

I wasn't sure if it was.  It looked a bit different.  The center board did
not appear to rest on the roller.

Mike
s/v Wind Lass ('91)
Nissequogue River, NY

-----Original Message-----
From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of
Stan Spitzer
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 10:15 AM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Lesson to be learned


in the spirit of transparency it should at least be noted that is not the
specifically engineered Rhodes trailer.

ss

On 6/11/17 9:59 AM, Michael Weisner wrote:
> Not a pretty sight!  I feel your pain.
>
> Mike
> s/v Wind Lass ('91)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On 
> Behalf Of Richard Beytagh
> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 9:43 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Lesson to be learned
>
> I recently hauled my R22 "Waif" to one of our nearby mountain lakes 
> for an extended weekend of sailing, fishing and camping with the 
> family. I slept on the boat of course. Returning to my home lake in 
> Asheville on Monday I gave her a good clean, popped up the mast and 
> launched her at our rinky-dink, but adequate ramp.
>
> Here's where things went wrong....assuming that the center-board was 
> still firmly cleated-up from when I hauled her out a few hours ago, I 
> didn't check this before launching and the CB obviously dropped down 
> and got caught when I retrieved the trailer. I did not notice it until 
> I got on the boat a few minutes later and found 6 inches of water covering
the floor-boards.
> Catching the CB on the launch had caused the CB cap to spring a leak 
> and water was gushing in.
>
> Trying not to panic I knew I had to get her her out of the water ASAP 
> before she became too waterlogged. The CB was now jammed so I hauled 
> her out with it in the down position....this was not good! It drove 
> the CB up through the floor boards and shattered the CB cap.
>
> So my act of omission has resulted in a few weeks work on the boat (in 
> peak sailing time) and a red face when explaining this to my sailing
buddies.
> Lesson learned!
>
>
> ~~~ _/) ~~~
>
> Richard Beytagh
> Phone: 828 337 0180
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