[Rhodes22-list] Slim's new trailer

[Jim White]

Slim:
I concur with Ed. In fact why don't you bring your band down here and play 
on the island, lots of gig in this resort, get a little sailing in here in 
the American tropics. You don't even need to haul Fandango.
Extending a Texas invitation (in fact to you all...)
jw

At 08:18 AM 10/15/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Slim:
>         Why is the season over?
>
>         Rummy said he is pulling his boat out next week.  Did you get the
>idea that he was putting his boat away for the winter?  That will be a new
>trick if he is.
>
>         Some of us sail all year round on Lake Hartwell. In fact, you might
>relate to the cooler temperatures better than us.  Now that you have a
>trailer that works, see America!  Sail America!  Come to South Carolina.
>
>         I think that Rummy might just be getting his boat spruced up for the
>Christmas parade to the dam, a showy event in these parts.
>
>         Come on down!
>
>Ed K
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Steve Alm
>Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 3:57 AM
>To: Rhodes
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] My new trailer
>
>We pulled Fandango out for the season today.  The haul out went fine but the
>big news is that it was the first time I put the boat on my newly rebuilt
>trailer with its new second axle.  I'm happy to report it tracks like a
>dream come true!  We didn't get up to any highway speeds but at 45 mph I
>could easily tell how stable it was.  Before, with only one axle, we were
>having lots of trouble getting the boat far enough forward to get enough
>tongue weight.  We had to remove the outboard and rudder assembly and move
>onboard gear forward.  Without doing all that, we'd fishtail at 40 mph.
>Today we left the motor and rudder where they belong, didn't move any gear
>forward, no backing in and out of the water at the ramp trying to jockey the
>boat forward, no fuss, no muss--we just loaded her up and off we went.
>
>Not only that, but I also added electric breaks and they work great.  I can
>adjust the breaking power from the driver's seat and set it so I can just
>tap my breaks and stop as if there's no trailer at all.  With my 3/4 ton
>Ford E250 I hardly knew I was pulling or stopping anything.  Yay!!!
>
>Next to the boat itself, this was the best fortune I ever spent.  I sang
>hundreds of songs to pay for this, but I finally have a boat I can trailer.
>8-)
>
>Life is good.  Too bad the season's over!
>
>Slim
>
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