PHRF Seaward 26 Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bulb Keel

Steve rhodes2282 at yahoo.com
Sun Feb 1 10:53:43 EST 2004 

Michael
Do you know what the PHRF is on the Seaward 26?
Steve


--- Michael Meltzer <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com> wrote:
> here the story as I know it and I do not know if I
> have all the details, got it from some quickly phone
> calls.
> 
> 1)Monday night/Tuesday mooring, Eltion was moving
> boat north for the boat show, the seaward26 in this
> case. remember he needs to
> take two boats to Chicago(the rhodes22 was already
> propositioned 60 miles from the show), The "working
> under time pruesser" is what
> got him, at least in my option, A bad thing to do
> with sailboats :-)
> 
> 2)That was the night of the storm, about 120 miles
> north of the plant on 295, going 50 mph(claims
> everyone was passing him). road
> were dry, so into a turn near a exit ramp and hits
> black ice(My option he drove into the frezing rain
> part of the storm but that
> 20/20 hind sight, 120 miles south on the coast the
> road might have been fine when he left the plant, my
> option.
> 
> 3)jackknife, boat trailer/van go spinning, his van
> loose the running board, trailer looks like it
> smashed into the side of the van,
> trailer very bent up, fount coupler and bar bent to
> hell, trailer messed up where is meet the van. boat
> is flung from the
> trailer(remember he in the right lane, boat ends up
> in the center strip, 2-3 lane wide road), lands on
> the keel. Their was some snow
> that protected the finish form "road rash" and the
> only damage is the lead bulb came off where is
> landed on it(BTW about 400 pounds
> on the 1200 of bassist), not bad at all considering,
> no crack, no buckheads broken, no hull
> broken/cracked,  mast hardware fine
> etc..., bottom line the boat came thought fine and
> better than could be expected.
> 
> 4)"Eltion is Fucked time", Think what you would
> do:-) it is not pretty, in the middle of nowhere,
> van  smashed, trailer smashed,
> boat on the side of the road, alot of money invested
> in a boat and a boat show. Lots of money flowing to
> make things happen, OK gets
> the trailer into a weild shop and they fix up it up
> along with the van. thats tuesday. gets a hold
> craine services for wednesday
> morring to get the boat on the trailer, but they
> need to close 295 to do it, calls the cops at first
> they where delaying for a few
> days then he told them he is getting the boat on the
> side of the road, "You are the boat man", apparently
> he is famious that every
> cop known the story on that strech of highway. He
> tells them about the boat show and they let him use
> the crane 900am.
> 
> 5)late and behind time he makes it to the show, but
> turnes it into a great marketing optiunity to show
> how strong the boat is, got
> to love the guy.
> 
> MJM
> 
> I am sure thier move but he have fill you in.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wally Buck" <tnrhodey at hotmail.com>
> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 10:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bulb Keel
> 
> 
> > So what the heck happened?  Everyone is OK right?
> >
> > Wally
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: Michael Meltzer <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
> > >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >To: kroposki at innova.net,The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > ><rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bulb Keel
> > >Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 15:05:54 -0500
> > >
> > >I heard stan make a quote, "I guest we should use
> straps" :-), I not shore
> > >it would have made a difference in this case, I
> waiting
> > >for the pictures but the trailer got turned into
> a pretzel, spent a day in
> > >the weild shop being rebuilt. The boat would have
> simply
> > >rolled with it attached and then broken apart,
> maybe sending a beam thought
> > >the hull, happened before.
> > >
> > >MJM
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Kroposki" <kroposki at innova.net>
> > >To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 9:53 AM
> > >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Bulb Keel
> > >
> > >
> > > > Didn't we have a discussion about the
> durability of the Bulb Keel
> > > > recently?
> > > >
> > > > And I think back, it was Elton who told me
> that I did not need cross
> > > > boat tie down straps when I got my boat. 
> Humm?  Would a strap across
> > > > the cockpit have been worth the twenty bucks
> it cost?
> > > >
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  _/)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > >                                      Ed K
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > > > [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
> Behalf Of Ronald Lipton
> > > > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 9:42 AM
> > > > To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > > > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Elton's excellant
> adventure
> > > >
> > > > Both the Seaward and the Rhodes 22 are being
> offered at a $2000
> > > > discount at the show.  Given what happend the
> Seaward is in remarkable
> > > > shape
> > > > with the exception of the bulb keel, which did
> not survive the 70 mph
> > > > "grounding".
> > > >
> > > > Ron Lipton
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Wally Buck" <tnrhodey at hotmail.com>
> > > > To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 7:53 AM
> > > > Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Elton's excellant
> adventure
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Maybe GB will have a scratch and dent sail,
> er I mean sale .....
> > > > >
> > > > > Wally
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >From: "keith burkhardt"
> <mkburk at adelphia.net>
> > > > > >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > > > >To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > > > >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Elton's excellant
> adventure
> > > > > >Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 22:03:57 -0500
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I just got back from the  chi boat
> show...Elton had  the Seaward in
> > > > tow
> > > > and
> > > > > >it slipped offf the trailer ,,,He has great
> pics of this adventure
> > > > and
> > > > was
> > > > > >able to reload the boat abd got it into the
> show today...I looked at
> > > > the
> > > > > >Seaward and there appears very little
> damage...It was the talk of the
> > > > show
> > > > > >and many folks visited the area..reagards
> keith
> > > > >
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