Our intention was to take the boat north and meet up with several other Rhodies on the 14th of June. A series of “unfortunate events” precluded this and though the truck repairs were unexpected, it did give me time to repaint the the boat and inspect, replace and rebed all the hardware.
Finally, on July the 3rd 2009 my wife Alice and I trailered our Rhodes 22 north from Medford in SW Oregon to Anacortes in Washington State, about 50 miles south of the Canadian Border. We stopped for the night in Portland at my sister’s house and then continued on to Anacortes through the Seattle traffic, the total distance was about 425 miles.
There was no ramp but rather a lift that extended out over the water where the boat was lowered into the water. The next 3 hours were spent getting the motor to run. It would run at high speed but would stall at lower speed. All indications when the plugs were pulled pointed to flooding. Several weeks later when the carburetor was pulled at a repair shop a very fine sliver of plastic jammed the float causing the flooding at idle.
Finally, on July the 3rd 2009 my wife Alice and I trailered our Rhodes 22 north from Medford in SW Oregon to Anacortes in Washington State, about 50 miles south of the Canadian Border. We stopped for the night in Portland at my sister’s house and then continued on to Anacortes through the Seattle traffic, the total distance was about 425 miles.
There was no ramp but rather a lift that extended out over the water where the boat was lowered into the water. The next 3 hours were spent getting the motor to run. It would run at high speed but would stall at lower speed. All indications when the plugs were pulled pointed to flooding. Several weeks later when the carburetor was pulled at a repair shop a very fine sliver of plastic jammed the float causing the flooding at idle.
