Caesar,
Why would you have to stop when the exhaust pipe starts to belch?
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 10/1/2008 4:39:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
caesarpaul01 at yahoo.com writes:

Ben,

I have had my boat for about 4 months now and have  launched and retrieved 
weekly for the first two months.  I have launched  without, and with the 
extension.  It has been easier for me to extend the  bar after I unhitch from the tow 
vehicle.

Both the angle of the  ramp, and the height of the tow vehicle dictate 
whether you use the extender  or not.  I have been able to launch on all my ramps 
without using the  extension bar.  The rear wheels got wet, and, regardless of 
your  vehicle, you would need to stop when your exhaust pipe begins to  belch.

Caesar
Gentle Breeze 
1984 Recycled  2008 

--- On Wed, 10/1/08, ben  <benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com> wrote:

From: ben  <benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list]  Extension bar use
To: "'The Rhodes 22 Email List'"  <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 11:07  AM

Do most of you find that you need the extension bar?  My normal  launch gets
deep enough fast enough that I don't need to use it at  all.

Ben S.
R22 Velvet Elvis

-----Original  Message-----
From:  rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]  On Behalf Of Michael D. Weisner
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:57  AM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Extension  bar use

Andrew,

I have played the same game of "catch the pin"  many times.  Proper 
adjustment of the trailer height using the  trailer jack and lots of fresh 
grease on the tongue extension make the job  much easier, whether the car is 
used or you do it by hand.  My new  extension tongue is slightly longer (1 
foot) and has a stop fixed to the  end to prevent pulling it all the way out,

just in case.

We used  to launch or retrieve in 30-45 minutes with a trained crew of 3-4. 
Now, my  wife and I are able to accomplish the task in about an hour or so,  
including rigging while on the water.  I found that I spent too much  time 
climbing up and down the boat while still on the trailer to rig. We  just 
extend the tongue, launch, VERIFY NO LEAKS, motor out, drop the hook,  step 
the mast and rig in the river.  Now we have no overheads to  worry about 
while on the trailer.

If you require help, we are in  Kings Park, probably not that far from you.

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd  Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY


From: "Andrew Collins"  <sailingvesselcarmen at gmail.com>Sent:
Wednesday, 
October 01, 2008  11:35 AM

> Wally
>
> The extension bar is a real help in  launching and retrieving, the only 
> catch
> is sliding it in and  out and lining up the fast-pin holes while you are
> driving. This is  especially aggravating if you are alone. The easy 
> solution
> we  came up with is to pull the extension bar out by hand, re-hitch it to 
>  the
> tow vehicle and proceed to launch, or vice versa.
>
>  A little game has evolved out of this as well if there is a driver and  a
> fast-pin inserter: slowly drive forward pulling the extension bar  out 
> (with
> the trailer chocked!), fast-pin guy yelling 'slow',  SLOWER",
GOT IT! as 
> the
> holes appear. As with all things,  practice makes perfect. Pretty soon 
> you'll
> know exactly where  that hole is inside the front support sleeve.
>
> Too many of us  launch and retrieve alone, and one gets pretty good at a 
> lot
>  of things. It goes much faster with an extra pair of hands, and then  there
> is a good reason to crack a cold one.
>
>  Andrew
> s/v Carmen
>
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Joe  Babb <joe.babb at comcast.net>
wrote:
>
>> Hi  Wally,
>> Sharon and I trailer sail our Rhodes 22.  We find that  extending the
>> trailer tongue to launch and retrieve is the  most
>> aggravating thing about it.  Otherwise things go quite  smoothly with
the
>> mast hoist system.  It just takes time  and patience.
>> It takes us about 1.5 to 2 hours to rig and  launch.  That's from
parking
>> at the launch ramp to parking  the truck and
>> trailer.  The best tip is to minimize the  amount of time you spend
>> getting on and off the boat through  planning your
>> work.  We tow with a Chevy 2500  Silverado.  We usually get 16 -18 mpg
on
>> the highway  without towing.  On the way
>> back across the Smoky Mountains  from Edenton we got about 12 mpg
average
>> towing the  Rhodes.
>> Going up steep hills usually slows us down to 40 or  45.  We found the
>> boat tows well at 55 mph.
>> So  far, I've always just jumped in the water and led Harmony  onto
the
>> trailer.  The trailer extension is a pain, but  also
>> very nice as it gets you far  enough into the water to  avoid having to
>> use muscle power to launch.
>> Hope this  helps.
>> Joe
>>
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