[Rhodes22-list] Is there a Rhodes 22 in northern Ohiothatwecansee?

[Michael Meltzer]

the record is 25 minutes, 45 mintes is norimal. with an hour not unhearof. That by people who have done it before and have
everything lined up. half a day the first time(or longer depending how far west is from the site :-)

MJM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karen Johnson" <ladyofthelake22 at comcast.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Is there a Rhodes 22 in northern Ohiothatwecansee?


> I would like some input on just how easy or difficult the Rhodes 22 is to
> trailer sail (set-up and launch at the ramp).  Especially how difficult it
> is to raise the mast and how heavy is the mast with the inner-furled main?
> The boat we are looking at has a mast raising system purchased from GB in
> 2003.
>
> Karen
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rik Sandberg" <sanderico at earthlink.net>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 10:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Is there a Rhodes 22 in northern
> Ohiothatwecansee?
>
>
> > Rummy,
> >
> > No, not really. I do miss many of the great features that were on our
> > R22. BUT, you know everybody always talks about all boats being a
> > compromise. When we bought the R22 we thought we could compromise
> > between a live aboard type boat (winter) and a quick easy daysailer
> > (summer). It's true, the R22 could fulfill both of these roles if she
> > had to, but not as well as a boat that is really made for each specific
> > task.
> >
> > I found that I was not sailing in the summer because the R22 took too
> > long to set up. Now don't get me wrong here. The R22 is not hard to set
> > up "_for a 22 foot boat_" !! I was perfectly happy to take the R22 out
> > and set it up for an all day thing. Trouble is, in the summer lately, I
> > never seem to have all day. I usually can get more like 4 hours. That's
> > not enough time for the R22, so I bought a little old Montgomery 15. I
> > can set up the M-15 in about 15 minutes, literally with one hand and no
> > mechanical assistance. I didn't go out this week, had a cold and didn't
> > feel all that great, but I have been out a half dozen times in the
> > evenings (4 hour stretches) in the last month, with the M-15. In our
> > area, there is really no possibility of keeping the boat in a slip and
> > just jumping on and going, like you can do. Here we have to trailer,
> > every time.
> >
> > Then there's the Flicka. Smaller, yet bigger. Can go anywhere. 6,000
> > lbs. instead of 3,000 lbs. Full time standing head room. Storage space
> > that would rival even the R22. BUT, not very trailerable. You can do it,
> > but it's a lot of work and ramp launching is not really something I want
> > to get into with this boat. But it kinda gets back to Bill's puzzle
> > thing again. When you are planning to be on a boat for a longer period
> > of time, say a month, I, at least, want to be able to put things
> > someplace and leave them there. In our R22 we would have to make up the
> > bed every night, for example. It was simple enough to do and it worked
> > very well, but I wanted to be able to have a bed that was there all the
> > time.
> >
> > I always loved our R22 and I will always speak highly of her. She was an
> > excellent sailer and really an all round good boat. I may not have sold
> > her if someone had not come along and made a good offer for her. What I
> > found was that I wanted to compromise less. It took 2 boats to replace
> > our R 22, but find I am now truly compromising less. It took us three
> > years to figure out what we really wanted/needed from our boat(s). What
> > I think we really learned is that we needed 2 boats to do what we do,
> > the way we want to do it.
> >
> > Make sense??  :-)
> >
> > Rik
> >
> > R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Rik,
> > > Am I understanding that you might be suffering from buyers remorse and
> > > would really like your R22 back?
> > >
> > > Rummy
> >
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