[Rhodes22-list] Advice Please!

Sun Feb 6 12:02:43 EST 2005

Thank you for all the information.

I have indeed inspected McCotter's in little Washington.
The folks there are very friendly and always willing to help.
In fact, my adult daughter who is majoring in Oceanography / Fisheries has a
supervisor in one of her part-time jobs at East Carolina University,
Greenville, NC whose husband owns 4 or maybe 5 boats of increasing size and
keeps them all at McCotters.
Broad Creek Marina is also a great place to keep a boat. Nearly everyone who
keeps a boat there is willing to look out for those who may not live close
by. As I have found in other water-folk congregations, boaters are an
unusually decent lot.
I have already put into Belhaven on a friend's boat and had patients (I am a
nurse) who live in Belhaven.
I haven't checked out Bath yet. From dockside, it looks like you had better
make 6 digits before considering using the marina (if you know what I mean).
Oriental is also a friendly marina. There is a boat shop there that can sell
you any whatsit you may need to decorate, upgrade, or repair your boat. 
My Chesapeake Bay retriever aka water dog is named Teach the Pirate. He is
itching to get back in the water again. I thought I would take him to Bath
and Ocracoke so he can see where his namesake had his old haunts. By the
way, does anybody know of any type of "ladder" made especially for dogs to
be able to get back on board after taking a swim?

I will add the Tundra to my "possible" list.

Thanks again.

nellwolfe

-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Peter Thorn
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 12:15 PM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Advice Please!

Nell,

Congratulations on your soon expected new boat!

A little over a year ago I weighed Phoenix (see picture), the Tundra and the
trailer on South Carolina state highway scales and local quarry scales and
got these results, to the best of my memory:

2000 Toyota Tundra  w/ bed cover  & me           4,850
2003 Triad trailer w/ spare                                  1,100
1984 Rhodes 22                                                 3,200

GVW                                                                 9,150

I also believe one should add about 500 pounds for boating stuff, coolers,
motor etc. I've also learned from reading the archives that newer R22s are
weigh a little more.  So about 4800-5000 pounds should do it for a Rhodes 22
and all the appurtenant stuff to take it down the road to sail.

The GVWR of  the Tundra is 13,600 and it's rated towing capacity is 7,000.
If you're in the market for a newish truck, consider a Tundra. Without
exception, every Tundra owner I've talked with likes their Tundra.  I've
owned many Ford trucks in my day, for which that claim I cannot make. :)

Another possibility you may want consider from Greenville would be
dry-sailing the boat on the trailer at McCotters in little Washington, where
you could leave the mast up and the motor on.  Bob Dilk, another Rhodie, can
tell you more about that because he did it -- but I know they have a good
ramp there.   If you haven't already heard about them, Bath, NC, the home of
Edward Teach (a/k/a  Blackbeard the Pirate), and Belhaven all access the
Pamlico and are reasonably close to Greenville.

Fair winds,

PT
Chapel Hill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nell" <nellwolfe at cox.net>
To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 5:21 PM
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Advice Please!

> Thanks for the information.
> By the way, what is the combined weight of boat and trailer?
>
> nellwofle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Staum
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:11 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Advice Please!
>
> I tow my Rhodes with my wife's '97 Chevy Blazer.  It pulls the boat just
> fine, is small enough to be easy to maneuver and park in small lots, does
> not ride like a truck and still gets 20 mpg on the highway (not while
> towing).  The 4 wheel drive is handy for tucking the boat into the corner
of
>
> my yard for winter, getting up a slippery ramp and plowing through snow
> banks.  The tow rating is 5700# giving plenty of safety margin (my trailer
> has no brakes).  You do not need a monster truck or expedition to tow the
> Rhodes.  SS
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nell" <nellwolfe at cox.net>
> To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 2:54 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Advice Please!
>
>
> > To All the Rodies Out There:
> >
> >
> >
> > I have waited patiently all winter long for the arrival of my newly-born
> > 2005 Rhodes 22.
> >
> >
> >
> > Soon, she will arrive at my doorstep and I have a bit of a problem.
> >
> >
> >
> > To digress, when I first moved to western North Carolina back in 1975,
it
> > was the "in thing" for all the PhDs and other professional types newly
> > sent
> > there by the DuPont Company to buy a truck.
> >
> > It seems, it was a way to "blend In" NOT! and it was also a sort of
status
> > symbol to say that the owner "had arrived" in Red Neck country.
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, I swore and be damned that I would not ever own a truck for the
> > above
> > reasons, (my then husband was the "professional type").
> >
> > It felt sort of insulting to the "born and raised Southerners" to feel
> > that
> > such mimicry was somehow a status thing.
> >
> > So. despite owning 9 acres of hay, a stallion that required 150 lbs of
> > sweet
> > feed every month, 2 home remodeling jobs (self-performed), and lots of
> > other
> > things like carrying split-rail locust fence posts, tons of bricks for a
> > patio, and the like, I never came to own a truck. (Yes, I bought and
> > carried
> > the horse feed, loaded hay on a borrowed truck to put in the hay loft,
> > remodeled the houses with the help of several friends but not my spouse,
> > carted the fence posts, come-along, and barbed wire (7 months pregnant),
> > and
> > laid the brick patio alone.)
> >
> >
> >
> > But now I have a good reason to own a truck. I need to cart my boat!
> >
> >
> >
> > My problem is this: What brand, tonnage, horsepower, and extra gizmos
> > should
> > a truck have to safely and reliably haul my boat?
> >
> >
> >
> > Everyone I talk to is devoted to a specific brand eg. Ford, Toyota,
Chevy,
> > ....
> >
> >
> >
> > I am not wedded to any brand. My mind is open and I ask humbly for the
> > opinions of those experienced in hauling their Rhodes 22.
> >
> >
> >
> > Your opinions are welcomed and appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > nellwolfe
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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