Hey 222ers we made into Sail magazine
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Amazing!
I'm going to have to get me an issue of Sail and check that out, Rob! I've always said that the O'Day 222 was the perfect "gunkholer." I love quiet little anchorages that are no more than 3 feet deep at Low Tide. You know that no one is going to come in and anchor next to you. Not only that, but there is little chance of your anchor slipping. I often frequent an anchorage that has state guest moorings and I never use them. I'll take the shallows any day. Sail Ties I finally splurged last week and bought a new sail cover off Rudy. I really love it. It goes on fast and easy. I also had an old Davis Sail Jock that I had been trying to keep up for years, and one of the plastic hooks broke on it. So I emailed Davis and found out that they discontinued that product. I happened to save a link that I got off of this forum called, "Sail Ties", so I went out and bought some 3/16" Bungee cord and a half dozen "Sea Dog" Nylon shock cord clips that fit 1/4" line with a 7/16" eye diameter. I cut the little plastic keepers off each hook because they are not needed, and I tied four hooks to my existing Davis bungee cord to see how it would work, and do you know what? They work better and easier than the Davis sail jock that I had. I cut the old webbing straps and hooks off the old bungee cord and I'm using the new hooks in it's place. When I get some time, I'll make up a new bungee cord with these same hooks. Only this time I'll insert the bungee cord through the holes in each of the hooks. The boom on my 222 is about 9', so I bought 18' of bungee and I'm going to insert 6 hooks to it and double it up. Then I'll arrange the hooks so that there is one at each end, and four evenly spaced under the boom which will be divided by little crimp on stainless steel "C" clamps. Here's the link that I got this idea from. I had given it to my friend Walter two years ago and he installed it on his Mac 26 and loved it. Check it out! Joe
I'm going to have to get me an issue of Sail and check that out, Rob! I've always said that the O'Day 222 was the perfect "gunkholer." I love quiet little anchorages that are no more than 3 feet deep at Low Tide. You know that no one is going to come in and anchor next to you. Not only that, but there is little chance of your anchor slipping. I often frequent an anchorage that has state guest moorings and I never use them. I'll take the shallows any day. Sail Ties I finally splurged last week and bought a new sail cover off Rudy. I really love it. It goes on fast and easy. I also had an old Davis Sail Jock that I had been trying to keep up for years, and one of the plastic hooks broke on it. So I emailed Davis and found out that they discontinued that product. I happened to save a link that I got off of this forum called, "Sail Ties", so I went out and bought some 3/16" Bungee cord and a half dozen "Sea Dog" Nylon shock cord clips that fit 1/4" line with a 7/16" eye diameter. I cut the little plastic keepers off each hook because they are not needed, and I tied four hooks to my existing Davis bungee cord to see how it would work, and do you know what? They work better and easier than the Davis sail jock that I had. I cut the old webbing straps and hooks off the old bungee cord and I'm using the new hooks in it's place. When I get some time, I'll make up a new bungee cord with these same hooks. Only this time I'll insert the bungee cord through the holes in each of the hooks. The boom on my 222 is about 9', so I bought 18' of bungee and I'm going to insert 6 hooks to it and double it up. Then I'll arrange the hooks so that there is one at each end, and four evenly spaced under the boom which will be divided by little crimp on stainless steel "C" clamps. Here's the link that I got this idea from. I had given it to my friend Walter two years ago and he installed it on his Mac 26 and loved it. Check it out! Joe
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