[Rhodes22-list] Outer Banks Adventure of 2005, or How to Gain 10 Years of Sailing Experience in Just 5 Days

[Robert Quinn]

Very nice!  Congratulations on a great adventure.

Bob and Kathy on the "NoKaOi"


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From: "William E. Wickman" <wewickman at duke-energy.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 6:10 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Outer Banks Adventure of 2005, or How to Gain 10 
Years of Sailing Experience in Just 5 Days


> Contrary to some of the postings, I did in fact survive my trip to the
> Outer Banks, but not without bringing back a great story.  I had to leave
> town the day after returning and was gone all last weekend.  Thus the
> delay.  During my down time, I wrote out a travel log to remember the trip
> by.  I'll post it in a series each day and try to attach some pictues. 
> So,
> here goes the first...
>
>
>
> Outer Banks Adventure of 2005, or How to Gain 10 Years of Sailing
> Experience in Just 5 Days
>
> They say that a ship is safe in harbor, but that is not what it is built
> for.  My ship of choice, the Rhodes 22, proved itself to be a tough boat
> that will handle anything that you can throw at it.  The crew, on the 
> other
> hand…
>
> First, let me start by explaining the players in this trip.  Myself, I am
> what I consider to be a moderately experienced sailor.  I have many years
> of experience racing dinghies, from Hobie 16s in the Gulf Coast during my
> youth, to Thistles on inland lakes most recently.  I have also chartered
> larger boats a number of times in locations including the Florida Keys,
> Galveston, and the San Juan Islands.  While I owned (still own) an old 20’
> wooden catboat, I really spent more time working on it than sailing, so my
> acquisition of a Rhodes 22 last year opened a whole new and exciting
> chapter in my boating life.
>
> My crew was my old high school & college buddy, the best man in my 
> wedding,
> and one with whom I have shared many high adventure trips; the most recent
> being a week long backpacking trip through the Grand Tetons (complete with
> a grizzly bear encounter, but that is a story for another time).  I’ll
> refer to him as “Sailing Buddy”.  Sailing Buddy has day sailed with me a
> couple of times, but doesn’t have any significant boating experience.  His
> sole qualification for this trip was his characteristic for always being 
> up
> for adventure.  He just recently returned from a trip to Tibet where he
> climbed to the base camp of Mt. Everest.
>
>
>
>
> Attached is a photo of a chart of the area with our route plotted.  The
> other attachment is a picture of Sailing Buddy during the first day on the
> ICW.  Note the blue skies, not to be seen again.
>
>
>
> (See attached file: 125_2539.JPG)(See attached file: Picture 001.jpg)


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