[Rhodes22-list] Labor Day trip

[Todd Tavares]

>>do you know how lucky you are to live close to all that?

Peter,

   I do.............I just wish my wife felt the same way.  

Todd

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Thorn" <pthorn at nc.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 22:46:18 -0400
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Labor Day trip

> Todd, since you asked-
> 
> Very nice, relaxing and uneventful -- just the way Tana likes to sail.  We
> met Mary Lou and Fred at Hartges Marina on Saturday, ate dinner in the rain
> under Fretless's bimini quite nicely and shared sailing stories.  They were
> headed into the Choptank with an armada of bigger boats from their club
> based north of the big bridge.
> 
> Sunday am we headed for the Miles River during what appeared to be a Shields
> race in the mouth of the West River.  Stayed two nights in Leeds Creek
> opposite St. Michaels among the 35 footers and billionaire estates.  Two
> Georgian mansions, about a thousand feet apart, must have been 20,000 sq ft
> each.  We toured the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum on Labor Day, when a few
> warned us it would be slammed.  But it was empty - too many believed the
> warnings.  I'm sure the locals must think it's all for tourists, but what a
> great museum!
> 
> We crossed the Miles River from St Michaels at night under cloud cover (I
> mean dark dark) using GPS and went right up Leeds Creek.  The cruising
> guides warn of shoals, but who really cares with a keel/cb boat -- we had no
> problems.   Second night a storm blew late, as it always seems to on our
> trips.
> 
> We liked Caso Rio quite a bit, including a boat named "Auntie M" up near the
> shed.  It's probably from the thirties.  Nancy at the office called it an
> "AR33".  Beautiful Alden-looking boat -- but quite a project.  See the
> photo.
> 
> Can't wait to get back there.  Todd, do you know how lucky you are to live
> close to all that?
> 
> PT
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Todd Tavares" <sprocket80 at mail.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] was (through hull fittings)
> 
> 
> > Yeah,
> >
> >    It's hard to give up on a good thing.  I may still buy that Mac 24 I
> saw at Casa Rio for $800.  At least I'll be able to sail next Spring until
> my "project" is finished.
> >
> >   How wasyour Labor Day weekend sail?
> >
> > Todd
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter Thorn" <pthorn at nc.rr.com>
> > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:37:37 -0400
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] through hull fittings
> >
> > > Todd,
> > >
> > > Very happy to hear that you're still working on your boat :) !
> > >
> > > PT
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Todd Tavares" <sprocket80 at mail.com>
> > > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 2:01 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] through hull fittings
> > >
> > >
> > > > Chris,
> > > >
> > > >    Are you certain that the fitting is 1-3/4"?  I have been looking
> around
> > > and all I could find was 1-1/2" and 2" fittings.
> > > > It would fit with what I have run into during the restoration of my
> > > boat.....nothing is standard off-the-shelf sized.  I guess custom made
> > > means...............custom made. (like the Federal Government's $600
> toilet
> > > seats  :-{D
> > > >
> > > > Try defenderus.com.  page 72 I think it was.
> > > >
> > > > Todd
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: NAPOLI51950 at aol.com
> > > > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 01:45:08 EDT
> > > > To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> > > > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] (no subject)
> > > >
> > > > > I am trying to replace the 1 & 3/4 inch through hull portion of the
> > > cockpit
> > > > > drain.  So far all I seem to find are 1 & 1/2  inch through hulls.
> Any
> > > Ideas
> > > > > where I can get one?  I tried West Marine but they only seem to have
> 1
> > > &1/2.
> > > > >
> > > > > Chris G.
> > > > >
> > > > > Trepa (for now)
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