[Rhodes22-list] Raven

[Bill Effros]

Congratulations, Peter,

Maybe now you can tell us how to sail these things.

I have mixed feelings about your entering a PHRF fleet.  I'm sure you 
will do very well initially because so few of us compete on an R-22 that 
we get a great handicap number.  But if you start to compete and win you 
will inevitably change that number making it much more difficult for the 
rest of us to win a race with a boat that is much faster than its crew.

On the other hand, this is completely theoretical, since I never plan to 
race, and it would be great to learn from a pro the tricks to going faster.

How is your boat rigged?

In my mind I call your boat the PT Cruiser.

Bill Effros



Peter Thorn wrote:

>Hello Rhodies,
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>I am a happy sailor today!  Yesterday Mark and I closed the deal and now Raven sits in my driveway.  She's a beauty, a real time-capsule boat.  Many thanks to Stan for building such a fine craft, to Gary Sanford and Mark and Julie Kaynor for taking such good care of this '88 unrecycled boat.   Tana and I will be R22 sailing this year instead of next year or beyond, which would be the earliest probable time that I could find the time to complete renovations to Phoenix, while also running a small business and spending 12-15 weekends a year racing Tanzers 16s.    
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>This year Raven will be dry-sailed on Kerr Lake, near  where the Carolina Sailing Club races at Henderson Point on the NC/VA borderline.  On T16 race weekends Raven can serve as lake lodging too.  Perhaps Raven and I will join the local PHRF fleet next winter, or Tana and I  will venture up into the Chesapeake again- who knows.  It's just a great feeling to have an "Admiralty Craft" ready ro go in great shape. 
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>Fair winds,
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>PT
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