[Rhodes22-list] Exit Lines

[Bob Weber]

John, I don't know if you want to stay with a trailer sailor or not.  If 
not, start looking at 26' or above and you will get standing headroom in the 
cabin.  The older hunters ( pre 89 I think have a deep cabin and are built 
strong ) I don't know of any trailerable boats that have head room with the 
exception of the Hunter 26 (these are not legally trailerable in every state 
and there are a few other things I don't like about the H-26, Mostly water 
ballast.  In your search don't be too concerned with the cabin accomadations 
since you will spend very little waking hours there.  It is nice to have a 
comfy cabin but as with everything think of what you need to sacrifice to 
get it.  Good luck with your search.  Figure out what is essential and don't 
hedge on those, the only thing worse than the shopping headache is haveing 
to it all over again with the additional headach of having to sell a boat 
with a deficiency that caused you to want to sell in the first place.  
Better to put of buying till you can get all the things you think are 
important.  If you want to know what others on the list consider important 
in a sailboat just ask, but features will likely lead you back to a Rhodes 
since we all came to the same conclusion.  Good luck, be sure to say hi if 
you see one of us on the water.

Bob
S/V Ruba


>From: "Roland.John" <roland.john@ensco.com>
>Reply-To: rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
>To: "Rhodes22-Owners (E-mail)" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Exit Lines
>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 12:29:26 -0400
>
>Greetings:
>
>I wanted to thank all of you who responded to my New Guy posting a couple 
>of weeks ago.  I really appreciated the useful commentary regarding 
>purchasing a fixer-upper vs. a better boat or a recycle.  Regrettably I 
>find I'm no longer in the market for a Rhodes. I visited an R-22 this 
>weekend and sadly discovered that it's a great boat that I can't fit into. 
>I'm 6'-2" tall and there is no place I can sit in the cabin without bumping 
>my head. I've considered raising the roof and shortening my spine, but I 
>think that looking for a taller boat might be a better choice.   So I have 
>one more request.  Have any of you in your own boat searches come across a 
>similar boat with more cabin headroom?
>
>Thanks;
>
>John S. Roland  -  Senior Staff Engineer
>ENSCO Inc.  5400 Port Royal Road, Springfield VA 22151-2312
>voice; (703) 321-4614      fax; (703) 321-4609     roland.john@ensco.com    
>www.ensco.com
>
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