[Rhodes22-list] Congrats, Rik!

[Rik Sandberg]

Julie,

We had fully intended to take our R22 up to the Apostles at the first 
opportunity. We would put in right at Bayfield or close around there 
though. I think the R22 would do a fine job within the area of the islands. 
You can sail for many, many miles in that area and really not see much of 
the effects of the big lake outside.

Rik




At 09:00 PM 12/17/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Rummy,
>The Tower-Sudan mine is about two miles from a cabin that our sailing club
>goes to every year on Lake Vermilion. Some of the participants did the tour
>this year and found out that the mine is now participating in some
>scientific study where they are sending signals through the ground to
>another site in Illinois. I haven't gotten up the nerve to go on the tour
>myself - not sure if claustrophobia will hit and I've been told that the
>trip down is a bit like being locked into a very small box. We'll be there
>again in June (with our newly recycled Rhodes) and maybe I'll give it a try.
>
>Rik,
>We moved a friends Alberg 38 from the Apostles to Barker's Island Marina a
>year ago at the end of the season. It's about 85 nautical miles, if I
>remember correctly. Had to make an emergency overnight at Cornucopia when
>our engine died and the wind dropped to nothing. Pretty rare to see Lake
>Superior completely flat but when Murphy decides to show up, anything can
>happen. The wind came up just slightly (after an hour) and I was tasked to
>sail into the dog-legged harbour - this is a boat with a 3/4 keel -
>responsiveness is definately not the same as a fin keel. At the last minute
>the marina finely responded to our hails and sent out a boat to tow us in so
>I did not get the chance to test my 'sailing' skills!
>
>The Apostles are one of the places that we intend to sail the Rhodes. We
>have friends that take their Montgomery 17 there so I figure we should be
>able to handle it with more weight and length. If not, we know that we'll be
>invited back on the Alberg - they dock their boat during the season at the
>city dock in Bayfield.
>
>I've ignored my present wrapping as long as possible - thanks for the
>diversion!
>Julie
>
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>
>
> > I can't believe I actually remembered the place. It's probably been close
>to
> > fifteen years since we've been there. I think the last time we stopped in
> > there was when we did the circle tour of Lake Superior on our way up to
> > Thunder Bay........or maybe it was when we went skiing at Lutsen. We have
> > many fond memories of that part of the country.
> > We also did the tour of the Tower-Sudan mine. It's the only museum with a
> > mine where you actually go below ground several thousand feet. Now that
>was
> > interesting.
> >
> > Rummy
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