[Rhodes22-list] My new Rhodes 22. It's great!!

[Wally Buck]

Welcome aboard Mark!

Wally, Knoxville TN


>From: "Mark Skapinker" <marks at brightspark.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] My new Rhodes 22. It's great!!
>Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 22:45:30 -0400
>
>Last year I started a quest for the perfect sailing boat. I live in 
>Toronto, Canada and was looking for something special. The city is on lake 
>Ontario which is a huge lake with sailing boats of every size, but every 
>summer I spend as much time as I can on one of the beautiful smaller lakes 
>about 2 hours north of here in an are known as Muskoka.
>I was looking for a sailing boat big enough to sail well on lake Ontario, 
>but small enough to trailer and not too big for Lake Muskoka.
>I did my homework and searched everywhere until I came across the Rhodes 22 
>on its own web site. It seemed ideal, and a month later I was fortunate to 
>be able to visit the factory and meet Stan and see what he was up to and 
>see my first Rhodes 22 in person.
>I ended out buying an almost new Rhodes 22 and took delivery of it three 
>weeks ago.
>Even though I have been out of town quite a bit recently, I have taken 
>every opportunity I can to sail the boat and it has been fantastic.
>Elton delivered the boat to Canada and he was really helpful. He was so 
>proud of the boat that I almost felt that he didn't want to let me take it 
>away from him. He helped set it up after its trip up North and spent a few 
>days here in Canada.
>Dealing with Stan, Elton and the folks at GB was a really positive 
>experience. Their pride, caring and knowledge shone through in all my 
>dealings with them and I really felt like they went the extra mile and 
>really cared.
>Now, I am launched. I am still a novice but I am learning a huge amount 
>every time I take my Rhodes 22 out. I have no idea whether mine is the only 
>one in Ontario or Canada - does anyone know? Now, I am starting to build up 
>many questions as I learn more and enjoy more. This weekend, we had sunny 
>skies and great winds (very rare for late May in Toronto) and I was out all 
>weekend - lots of stares and inquisitive looks from other boats.
>This site seems great, and I am working my way through past postings to 
>learn from questions others have asked.
>If anyone is up in Ontario Canada - there is now a Rhodes 22 here ready to 
>go out!
>Fair winds-
>Mark Skapinker
>
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