[Rhodes22-list] New Member

[Wally Buck]

Welcome and congrats on you rnew boat!

Wally - Knoxville TN


>From: Todd & Julie Zumach <zumach at pctcnet.net>
>Reply-To: zumach at pctcnet.net,The Rhodes 22 mail list 
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>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] New Member
>Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:54:23 -0500
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>Hello Rhodies,
>
>My name is Todd Zumach.  I live in northern Wisconsin in a small town 
>called
>Phillips.  I just purchased a 1986 Rhodes22 last week from Ron Finelli 
>(from Eden
>Prairie, MN). Ron and the previous owner, Bill Sparhawk took great care of 
>this
>fine boat.  I hope that I am up to the challenge of maintaining and sailing 
>her.
>  I have the boat moored at a 900 acre lake just 10 minutes from my house.  
>My
>wife and daughters are looking forward to many day sails as well as a trip 
>or two
>each summer up north 80 miles to the Apostle Islands.
>
>The Rhodes is my second sailboat.  I purchased a 1975 South Coast 22, three 
>years
>ago.  It was (and still is) a project boat that was fun to sail.  However, 
>I
>found that the 4'9" of draft was just a little too deep for a few spots on 
>the
>local lake.  After I made that first (impulsive) boat purchase I started
>researching would would be my next boat.  I had stumbled across the Rhodes 
>22 a
>couple of years ago and thought of it as the Mercedes Benz of 22 foot 
>trailer
>sailors.  I continued looking for potential new boat and pretty much 
>settled on a
>Catalina 25 swing keel.  Then, the keel cable on the South Coast broke and 
>I got
>a leak that resulted in the boat sinking (fortunately in only two feet of
>water)on Father's Day this summer. I got the boat off the lake and will 
>repair it
>and put it up for sail.  Now, my search for the perfect boat began in 
>earnest.  I
>rediscovered the Rhodes 22, sent for information from Stan, with the idea 
>being I
>would buy a recycled boat.  I also searched the internet for any boats for 
>sale
>(there are not many). In mid-July I found a boat in Michigan and was trying 
>to
>set up a time to see her when the owner emailed me to say he had accepted 
>an
>offer from another party.  Then, just several days ago, I found Ron's boat 
>(The
>Katy Doyle) and it was only four hours away.  I left him a message on 
>Friday
>night, talked to him on Saturday and my wife and I took a test sail on 
>Sunday
>8/8.  I knew as soon as I saw her that this was the boat!  We had a great 
>sail
>with Ron and his wife and agreed to pick up the boat last Thursday.  I 
>wanted to
>get her out this weekend, but the Admiral (my wife) had other plans in mind 
>for
>me, so I spent part of the weekend going over the boat and getting to know 
>her.
>
>Tonight, I took my daughters to the lake.  They helped me set up the boat 
>and as
>we were ready to put her in the water, the winds died!  So, I have my first
>"sail" in. Hey, we used the IMF to raise the main, even though we were 
>under
>motor power.   I suspect I will get a chance to sail her more in the next 
>few days.
>
>Well, I have taken up enough of your time.  I will probably lurk out here 
>and ask
>the occasional questions.  There is so much to learn about this wonderful 
>boat!
>
>Todd Zumach
>Phillips, WI
>715-339-4486
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