[Rhodes22-list] Route -- Greenwich to Edenton

[Bill Effros]

Stan,

Glad to hear you've got lots of work.  You seem to keep quite busy for 
an old guy.

Lucky for me, as you may have heard, these boats are built quite well, 
and an 8 year old boat doesn't need much in the way of labor.  Mainly 
what I want to do is add stuff I didn't get the first time around.  
Chances are I can do most of the labor myself--I just need to know if 
you need to make measurements or see things on my actual boat.  Also I 
was looking forward to chewing the fat with you.

Do you need to see my boat to order me a Boom Room?  Do you need my boat 
to install a boom room?  It seems several others have the same 
questions.  If we front you the money for several boom rooms can we 
lower the price?

Also I want a new battened sail, and a new IMF mast.  I assume the least 
expensive way to pick up the mast is at the factory, unless it's made 
somewhere along my route, and I can pick it up en route. (Sorry, Ed.)

Also I want your advice on numerous technical matters.  I have the 
plastic gudgeons, and have worked out how to refit the holes so they 
don't wear.  Should I replace them with metal gudgeons anyhow? 

Plumbing suggestions for installed heads with no plumbed input. 

Feasibility study on mounting an auto tiller on a motorized motor mount.

Deck/Mast electrical hardware recommendations.

Chart Table/Bat Wing feasibility study.

Pedestal envy.

Cordage replacement.

Water gauge considerations.

Latest Mast Hoist refinements.

Port settee repair or replacement advice.

Shorties -- Tiller/Mast/Pedestal/Trailer

Hatch arm replacement part.

Latest pintel configuration.

There's more.  At some point it seemed like it would take less time to 
talk face to face than to try to hash it all out via email or 
telephone.  No offense intended, but record keeping does not seem to be 
your strongest suit.  I was planning to arrive on a Friday so we could 
spend time over a weekend without interrupting your labor team.  I speak 
no Spanish, and can communicate only in English...badly.

Is there space in your boatyard?

Need help selling used boats?

Bill Effros


stan wrote:

> Bill,
>
> You are always welcome to make a pit stop at GB on the way down and 
> even to spend the night at the luxurious GB plant guest apartment but
> There is no way we could get to do any work on your boat this late in 
> the building season.  Nell cancelled because we were taking too long..
>
> If you survive your southern adventures, leave it here on the way back 
> north - by then it may really need a make over.
>
> stan/gbi
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 11:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Route -- Greenwich to Edenton
>
>
>> Slim,
>>
>> I'm disappointed about the cards.  I already know you don't do windows.
>>
>> As oft threatened, I'm going to recycle my own boat this year.  
>> That's why I'm taking it down to Edenton.
>>
>> There is a chance I will then take the boat down to Florida.  (There 
>> is always that chance, however the boat will be closer to Florida...) 
>> Chris's Baja adventure has been an inspiration.
>>
>> My wife has actually given the go-ahead on this one, now it's just a 
>> question of whether I will be able to get my shit together.
>>
>> I am thinking in terms of renting a house on the water in the 
>> Keys--possibly a house on an island--and using the boat from the 
>> house. Many friends have shown an interest in this idea.
>>
>> We have a good friend who lives in Coconut Grove, within walking 
>> distance of Dinner Key marina which offers transient slips, a ramp, 
>> and a hoist for dry sailors.  They also have a 1960s Key West Style 
>> funky bar on the water where you can sit all day and just be happy to 
>> be alive--and warm.  Our friend expects us this winter.  There's 
>> plenty of good sailing in Biscayne bay.  There are live-aboards who 
>> give the whole place a 1960s feeling. It's an uncommercial time-warp.
>>
>> (Brad would be comfortable at Dinner Key -- It was built for Pan-Am 
>> when they flew amphibious planes ("Flying Boats") all over the 
>> Americas.)
>>
>> I've been tracking the suggested routes (thanks to all, and keep them 
>> coming) on my new mapping program.  I am seriously considering going 
>> down one way, and coming back another.  Then I've got to make the 
>> round trip again.  I am comparing the routes on the new program which 
>> is a substantial software improvement, not to mention the improved 
>> cartography. I find I get a lot of use out of mapping programs.  I 
>> will report back both on mapping program results and actual results.  
>> All routes will be considered, and all reasons for taking different 
>> routes will be factored in.
>>
>> If I do the Edenton to Florida run, I'll go through this exercise 
>> again. And since I'll be so close to Rummy, Ed, and others...how 
>> could I just pass by without saying hello?
>>
>> Russ, thanks for all the follow ups.  Thanks, also to everyone else 
>> who has responded, and all the back-channel suggestions.  I drive a 
>> lot, and I enjoy driving, so I know I prefer to know exactly where 
>> I'm going before I start, and not to start improvising at 60 miles an 
>> hour while towing a 3500 lb boat.
>>
>> It doesn't take a lot of time to work out all the suggested routes 
>> while I'm sitting in front of my computer.  Thanks again for all the 
>> suggestions.
>>
>> Bill Effros
>>
>> Slim wrote:
>>
>>> Bill,
>>>
>>> OK, I'll bite.  Why are you taking your boat to Edenton?  Trading 
>>> up?  And
>>> no, I don't do Christmas cards.
>>>
>>> Slim
>>>
>>> On 12/7/05 9:41 AM, "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks to all for freeing me from having to check this out in the 
>>>> archives.
>>>>
>>>> I know this question has been asked and answered many times before.
>>>>
>>>> I am taking my boat from Greenwich to Edenton.  I just got a new 
>>>> mapping
>>>> program (more about that to come), but I don't like the computer
>>>> generated route.
>>>>
>>>> What route would you take?
>>>>
>>>> What route would Elton take?
>>>>
>>>> Is there a difference?
>>>>
>>>> Why?
>>>>
>>>> I have a truck large enough to safely handle the task; I am borrowing
>>>> Bruce Greenwald's dual axle trailer, I am not nervous about towing, 
>>>> and
>>>> have done it before.
>>>>
>>>> Bill Effros
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