[Rhodes22-list] newbie

[greyhound at gbronline.com]

Bill,
Thank you for the added insight.  I have not elliminated the
Rhodes. I still think that it is a fine boat with the caveat
that I have not been in one.  I am a fairly big guy so I
reserve my opinion until I have sailed in one. Again,thanks
and please if you have any further thoughts, send them to
me.
All the best.
Frank


----- Original Message Follows -----
From: Bill Effros <bill at effros.com>
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] newbie
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 08:52:51 -0400

> Frank,
> 
> Take another glance.
> 
> The boat was designed for Long Island Sound.  It is
> completely  comfortable in coastal waters.  Many owners
> have sailed in the Great  Lakes.  It is safer than most
> ocean going vessels because, unlike the  Titanic, it won't
> sink.
> 
> The reason for not sailing it to Hawaii (although
> apparently one owner  has done so) is that you cannot
> safely provision it for a trip of that  length.  (This is
> the same reason the Europeans never tried sailing 
> Westward to India--They knew they couldn't provision their
> boats for a  trip of that length, ignorant of the fact
> that there was another land  mass between Europe and Asia.
>  Columbus argued that the world was only  18,000 miles in
> circumference, and that a group of vessels could be 
> outfitted for the much shorter ocean trip he
> envisioned...but I digress...).
> 
> To paraphrase Stan, "If you sail to Hawaii, the boat will
> make it, but I  cannot guarantee the safety of the crew."
> 
>  From my perspective, and the way I use my boat, a lake
> doesn't even  begin to take advantage of the many features
> of a Rhodes 22.
> 
> Bill Effros
> 
> 
> 
> greyhound at gbronline.com wrote:
> 
> >Thank you, Rummy.  I hope to learn about these boats.  It
> >seems to me at first glance that no matter how you dress
> it >up, this boat would be at its best on a lake.
> >Thanks,
> >Frank
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message Follows -----
> >From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
> >To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] newbie
> >Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 09:56:57 EDT
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Frank,
> >>There used to be a R22 on Lake Marion, but it was sold a
> >>while back. The   closest would be me. I'm on Lake
> >>Hartwell along with about four other R22's. I   would be
> >>more than happy to show you my boat, but vacation time
> and >>weddings   will be keeping me away from the water
> until >>early September. Perhaps Mr. Kroposki will answer
> you call >>once he rolls his butt out of  bed.  He doesn't
> work much, >>so he has a lot of time to show off his
> Rhodes. His   boat >>is slipped at Big Waters Marina on
> the south end of Lake >>Hartwell, near the 
> >> damn dam.
> >> 
> >>Rummy, Anderson, SC
> >>864-933-4284 cell
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