[Rhodes22-list] New Boat

[Wally Buck]

Congrats Brad!

Bring it on up to Knoxville!

Wally






>From: brad haslett <flybrad at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] New Boat
>Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 18:08:12 -0700 (PDT)
>
>True confession time!  I've been working on a deal for
>another boat for some time and its close enough to
>being a done deal to come clean.  I bought a 9.2C
>(30ft) S2 Center Cockpit.  The short version of a long
>story is that after getting a slip space on PickWick
>Lake last fall a friend of mine convinced me to look
>at some lots near his weekend place.  My wife was very
>much opposed to building another house (too much beer
>drinking involved I think) and said "you bitch about
>the work you have around here, why do you want another
>place to take care of?".  Good point but I made my
>case that we need a place to spend the weekend while
>sailing and the Rhodes22 isn't big enough for the
>three of us for extended stays.  "Then why don't you
>get a bigger boat?"  Poor choice of words.  My slip
>will hold up to a 36 footer but I wanted to stay with
>something I thought could be reasonably single-handed
>and a mast height that would clear all the bridges to
>Kentucky Lake to the North, Knoxville to the east, and
>the last bridge at Mobile to the Gulf of Mexico.
>After deciding on the S2 9.2C I looked at about every
>one on the market across the country including
>California.  The one I bought is at Maryland Marina at
>Baltimore and was one of the cleanest and best cared
>for if a bit short on "bells and whistles"  The deal
>is done except for paperwork and Coast Guard
>certification and finding a boat transport company to
>truck it.  I'm having it shipped to Kentucky Lake to
>Anne's marina to have it re-rigged and then will sail
>it home from there (will probably con Anne to do some
>"shake-down" sea trials as well).  My wife assumed
>that I would sell the Rhodes, "you can put that money
>against the new boat, right?".  "Oh sure, I can get a
>radar, color GPS plotter, and an auto-pilot".  That
>was the end of discussion.  I have no plans to sell
>the R22 at this time.  The 9.2 S2 will be a bit of a
>slug during the summer sailing months here and the R22
>is perfect for those conditions.  I am looking for a
>partner to pony up for another slip space.  I don't
>need help with the boat but I don't want to pay for
>two slips.  It should be a good deal for someone.
>Since no one has sent letter bombs to Rik or Bob yet
>for lusting after other boats I assume I'm OK.
>
>Brad Haslett
>
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