[Rhodes22-list] For Richard Smith

Thu Mar 31 17:24:58 EST 2005

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Thorn" <pthorn at nc.rr.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] For Richard Smith


> Ed,
>
> Last summer, cousin Tom and I 3/4 circumnavigated Long Island in his Mac26
> in 8 leisurely days.  We demurred and starting from Tom's dock in Babylon,
> LI on Great South Bay going counter-clockwise we took the Shinnecock 
> Canal,
> up through big and little Pequoit, past the Hamptons, and into LIS through
> Plum Gut with it's ripping tides.  It was really quite nice to have a 50 
> hp
> for that adventure.  With the water ballast tanks dry, the Mac would do
> about 20, but we were still the smallest and slowest boat running the 
> inlet
> when we did it.  A large portion of the eastern tidal waters of LIS goes
> through the shallow Plum Island cut during tide changes, but entering LIS
> from that short cut helped us avoid the Montauk blue water part.  That was 
> a
> good thing: the open Atlantic is not always a safe place for a MacGregor 
> (or
> maybe not even a Rhodes 22) even in late June. However, on the plane from
> Raleigh to Boston, then to back to Islip, then home again, I passed over
> Montauk four times -- but I didn't recognize it from your photo post.  I
> think the north/south vs. east/west orientation confused me.
>
> One of the best parts of the trip was departing early one morning from
> Manhasset Bay and cruising down the East River, with Frank Sinatra's
> greatest
> hits on the box  ("If you can make it there, you'll  make it anywhere.."),
> then motoring up the Hudson a bit, past the Lady Liberty (see picture) 
> then
> down through the Anchorage, under the Verazano Bridge and into a little 
> safe
> harbor on Staten Island right inside of Sandy Hook.  The following day we
> crossed Ambrose Channel and Chapel Hill Channel (yup -- there really is a
> shipping lane approaching New York Harbor called Chapel Hill Channel).  We
> crossed both in the morning fog -- scary.
>
> I grew up in the NYC area, but until I traveled around NY Harbor in a 
> small
> boat I had no concept of how small Manhattan is and how enormous Staten
> Island is.   Many Manhattans could fit on Staten Island.
>
> Has anyone done this trip in a R22?   Without the 50 hp iron genny to rely
> on in a pinch, it would certainly be a much more challenging trip.
>
> PT
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ed kroposki" <ekroposki at charter.net>
> To: "'Richard Smith'" <sailnut at worldnet.att.net>; "'The Rhodes 22 mail
> list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 2:30 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] For Richard Smith
>
>
> See: 
> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/2005-March/022105.html
>
> If I had my old Nikon with the polarizing filter, I could have cut thru 
> that
> haze.  I guess local landmarks are a challenge to LIS sailors, or even 
> those
> from Brooklyn.  Maybe the guys from Brooklyn do not know there another end
> to Long Island?  Maybe they are flat earthers who are afraid they will 
> fall
> off.  I was at that white building at the end about 40 years ago.  But I
> thought we had someone on this list who circumnavigated Long Island?  I
> guess he has sailed away in peace....
>
> Ed K
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Richard Smith
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:15 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bill Effros a reply
>
> Post the URL for the landmark again please.  Somehow I missed the original
> post.
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard Smith
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ed kroposki" <ekroposki at charter.net>
> To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:07 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Bill Effros a reply
>
>
> Bill:
> Thanks for the web site, but remember that at 10 bps it takes
> forever to see any website.  Their slow speeds just were not worth waiting
> for.  A Navajo could communicate faster with smoldering leaves and a
> blanket.
> Did you look at the Nautical Landmark?  I thought you of all people
> would have recognized and correctly identified that landmark.  Maybe Burt 
> or
> Richard Smith or Lou or even Michael can identify it.  Gee, where are all
> the previously identified Rhodies located?
> Ed K
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Bill Effros
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 10:20 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Boeing Stock and Composite Boats
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/
>
> ed kroposki wrote:
>
>>Brad,
>> I have out of touch with the world as most Americans know it.  Where
>>I was over in the Ukraine, there were no English language newspapers
>>available and no English language news.  Because of the extremely slow
>>internet access, I could not even check the news on the internet.
>> What day did this accident occur?  Any details? Web citations? Your
>>attached info was very interesting.  Is the sailboat incident that you are
>>referring to the carbon fiber mast failure?
>> AS to my being out of touch, the other lady with my wife had
>>extensive international travel experience and was exasperated that we 
>>could
>>not even get the BBC.  The people that sent us did not accurately portray
>>the situation, enough said.
>> FYI, the AeroSvit flight to Kiev from JFK was almost 5,000 miles.
>>The plane, a Boeing 767, had screens for movies which also allowed the
>>pilots to post information.  In between the movies and at the beginning 
>>and
>>near the end of the flight they posted maps of the route, progress on the
>>route, altitude, air speed, departure time, actual time, expected arrival
>>time, temperature and weather conditions.  The crew was very professional.
>>All announcements were first made in Ukrainian then an English 
>>translation.
>>In fact the monitor screens posted the information in Ukrainian and metric
>>then English with our miles or temperature.  I could recommend this 
>>airline
>>to the next guy going to Kiev, your everyday destination.
>>
>>Ed K
>>Greenville, SC, USA
>>
>>
>>
>>
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