[Rhodes22-list] Thanks for all or your advise

[Lou Rosenberg]

  Luis,

  I know your pain with the centerboard trunk as I have mine ripped 
open and getting ready for a few major patches with garolite and 
epoxy.
  Q#1:  did you end up using heavy power tools to rip away the 
existing trunk or did you find it destroyed already?
Q#2: after you received the dimensions of the trunk and its  pivot 
slot, did you build it  (the entire trunk) outside the boat  or 
choose to build it right  inside the boat ?
  love to see some pictures of  how it came out and congratulations on 
launching her so fast!
  Lou






>Her name is Paradise.
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>She still needs some paint on top, the front port-lights need to be 
>replaced,  the v-berth needs to be rebuild, and the galley needs to 
>replaced.
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>I did replace the winches, bow and stern u-bolts, and I had to 
>fiberglass the stringers as they were all lose. Installing the 
>centerboard was a pain in the neck. I also rebuilt the rudder head 
>using starboard instead of wood, and I had to make new rudder head 
>plates.
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>I let somebody else do the bottom job. She had about 10 blisters 
>including one thru the bow. I think that this boat would have sank 
>if it did not have the foam in the bow. The foam did not let that 
>much water in as it had bonded to the fiberglass. I had to remove 
>all the foam from the bow as it was water logged.
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>Right now we are going to start sailing her and keep working on her 
>little by little.
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>We had a lot of help from friends at the Bayshore Gardens Yacht 
>Club, and I literally ëfoundí a motor.
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>A friend of mine was selling his boat, and his motor got stolen. He 
>sold the boat without the motor, and 2 weeks later I saw a motor 
>that looked like his at a pawn shop. I called him and described the 
>motor to him, but he said that that was not his motor. 
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>Two weeks later, the mechanic that had worked on his motor called 
>him to tell him that he found his motor at a pawn shop. The mechanic 
>said that he was sure it was his motor because he had put some 
>markings inside the casing the last time that he worked on it. He 
>had removed the casing to inspect the motor and the markings were 
>there.
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>My friend went to the pawn shop and checked the serial number and it 
>was a match. He called the police and was able to get his motor back 
>after some paperwork. He gave me the motor because he said that I 
>found it.
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>"William E. Wickman" <wewickman at duke-energy.com> wrote:
>So, does she have a name yet?
>Bill W
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: rhodes22-list-bounces
>Sent: 04/13/2005 09:55 PM
>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Thanks for all or your advise
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>Congratulations! I haven't followed the thread, but I sense you did a lot
>of work and must be proud of your accoomplishment. Here's to many enjoyable
>sails!
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>Saroj
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Luis Guzman"
>To:
>Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 10:51 PM
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Thanks for all or your advise
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>>  We just put our 1975 Rhodes 22 (Paradise) in the water. She is at our slip
>>  awaiting the rigging.
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>>  We want to thank you all for all of the thankful responses we got when we
>>  had questions
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>>  We want to specially thank Todd Tavares for going out of his way and
>>  making some templates of the rudder, and also for proviving a drawing with
>>  the right location of the centerboard pivot.
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>>  Stan, thank you for your hospitality and for the tiller. Also, thanks for
>>  the inexpensive stern rail and centerboard.
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>>  Weather permitting, we should be taken Paradise on her maiden voyage in
>>  the Sarasota Bay this weekend.
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>>  We'll have plenty of rum to celebrate.
>>
>>  Luis & Julia Guzman
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