Congratulations all! Re: [Rhodes22-list] Raven

[Mark Kaynor]

Mary Lou,

Thanks. We'll miss her, for sure, and it was a bit sad watching Raven leave
on Saturday, especially since Julie wasn't there to say goodbye, too. We
really had some wonderful times w/ her.

I was surprised to find that selling Raven wasn't quite as hard as I
expected it to be, though. I suppose that was in large part because we'd
been grappling with the decision for almost a year. And Peter's a great guy,
so we know she's gone to a good home. Still, it was a tough decision that
took us a long time to make. 

On the practical side we found last year that when we were home, the weather
was nice, and the wind was up going sailing nearly always took precedence
over working on the house <go figure>. This way we get to put Raven's sale
price toward Rachel, cut out the expense of the slip, and actually get some
stuff done around the house when we're here. So now we'll need to depend on
the generosity of friends at the lake if we want to go sailing when we're
home.

We are hoping to spend more time on Rachel this year. We're going to give
the Verizon Broadband Internet service a shot. If it works for us, that
frees us up so we're not tied to the dock and can work while we cruise the
Chesapeake this season. If so, we'll be coming up your way one of these
days. Then who knows - maybe we'll head south for the winter. So much for
getting more done on the house....

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Mary Lou Troy
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 9:10 AM
To: Peter Thorn; The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: Congratulations all! Re: [Rhodes22-list] Raven

Congratulations Peter and Tana and Mark and Julie!
Peter, Glad to hear you'll be sailing!
Mark & Julie - sounds like you're spending more and more time on Rachel.
All to the good - there were 7 robins in the yard this weekend and the snow
is almost gone so even we northerners have hopes of an early spring!

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Ft. Washington, PA / Swan Creek, MD


At 09:36 PM 2/13/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello Rhodies,
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>Fair winds,
>
>PT
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