[Rhodes22-list] An introduction

[Roger Pihlaja]

Dennis,

The Rhodes 22 will handle small craft warnings on Saginaw Bay or Lake Erie
just fine.  Consider that in July of 1991, my 2 sons & I did a week-long
loop of western Lake Erie.  At the time, Daniel was 8 years old & Gary was 5
years old.  We launched from the western side of Sandusky Bay & sailed out
to Kelly's Island.  We stayed two days on Kelly's Island & then crossed Lake
Erie over to Pelee Island.  After Pelee Island, we crossed Lake Erie again &
stayed on Middle Bass & South Bass Island.  We ended up the week at the
Cedar Point Marina.  We sailed in all sorts of conditions, small craft
warnings, dead calm, & even a thunderstorm!  Dynamic Equilibrium took it all
in stride.

FYI, visiting Cedar Point Amusement Park by boat is great.  The marina has
its own restaurant, rest rooms, shower facilities, & its own private
entrance into the amusement park .  You party in the amusement park until
they close, walk to your boat which is probably closer than your car would
be parked, & crawl into your bunk.  There's no fighting traffic & no long,
tiring drive home.  It truely a most civilized way to do Cedar Point!

I recommend you 1st get some experience on the small inland lakes in your
area before you tackle blue water.  I believe Whitmore Lake has a marina
which rents dock space.  If you can afford it, take a slip for the season.
You will use your boat much more often if it's already in the water.   The
Rhodes 22 comes alive when there are small craft warnings up.  But, you do
need to know what you're doing or it can be pretty scary.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis McNeely" <mcneelyd at site-solutions.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] An introduction


> Thanks for the welcome.
>
> I'll probably try to do some sailing in Saginaw Bay. I agree with Roger's
> comment that many local lakes are marginal in size for sailing the Rhodes,
> and Lake Erie is fairly shallow and seems to have small craft warnings up
> often.
>
> I'll do a bit of lurking and reading the list archives while working on
the
> boat. It'll have to do for now.
>
> Dennis McNeely
>
> At 09:26 PM 8/7/2004, you wrote:
> >Dennis,
> >
> >Welcome to the list!  I'm probably the closest Rhodes 22 owner to you.  I
> >have a 1976 model & I live on Sanford Lake, about 2-1/2 hours north of
you
> >up US-23 & I-75 to Bay City & then west on US-10 about halfway to Clare.
> >
> >Where will you sail; Ford Lake, Belleville Lake, Whitmore Lake, one of
the
> >many small lakes to the northwest of Ann Arbor, or?  I've canoed on Ford
> >Lake, lots of power boat & PWC traffic.  The only lake in that area I've
> >sailed on is Whitmore Lake, it's not bad, although a little on the samll
> >side for a Rhodes 22.
> >
> >Give me a shout if you have any rigging questions.
> >
> >Roger Pihlaja
> >S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Chris Geankoplis" <napoli68 at charter.net>
> >To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 9:02 AM
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] An introduction
> >
> >
> > > Welcome to the list Dennis,
> > >                                             You have indeed found the
> >fount
> > > of all things Rhodes (and a lot more).  Be sure to check out the
archives.
> > > Again welcome to Da List.
> > >
> > > Chris G.
> > > Medford OR
> > > '83 Rhodes
>
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