[Rhodes22-list] Putnam & Used Motors

[Slim]

Mark,

Your situation reminds me of when we decided we wanted to get a dog but we
had to buy our own house first.   8-)  Whew!  That was one expensive dog!

Your naiveté isn't bothering anybody.  Not even Ed.  You're actually making
his day by giving him something to grouse about.

You came to the right place so feel free to post away.

Slim

On 11/26/05 9:12 PM, "mputnam1 at aol.com" <mputnam1 at aol.com> wrote:

> Dave,
> 
> I guess I lucked into my slip ... we decided we wanted to get a sailboat
> awhile ago, but I didn't want to have to trailer one, so I put myself on the
> waitlist at Washington Sailing Marina for a wet slip and decided I would get a
> boat when I got a slip.  Well, I was fortunate in that I put myself on their
> list at a time when they were refurbishing the docks ... which meant they
> weren't assigning any new people slips as they opened up.  Apparently, it was
> at least a year's worth of time that they weren't assigning anyone slips.
> Recently, they started assigning slips again, and even though I was something
> like number 90 on the list, they apparently quickly went through the list as
> most people ahead of me had found dockspace at other marinas in the
> intervening time.
> 
> So, now that I have the slip, I'm getting the boat.  I had been looking on
> various used boat websites, but I wasn't seeing anything I was all that
> interested in.  Then I saw the Rhodes at the Annapolis Boat Show and I
> realized it was exactly what I needed ... and so here I am, bothering all of
> you fine people with my naivete!
> 
> -Mark Putnam
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DCLewis1 at aol.com
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Sent: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:52:10 EST
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Putnam & Used Motors
> 
> 
> 
> Mark,
> 
> I saw your message to Rummy,  fyi I'm a newbe/lurker on the  board.  We've
> just started the refurbishment selection process with Stan,  don't know when
> we'll have a boat in the water, but we hope this coming  season.  We live in
> Vienna, Va - not too far away from you.  Vienna is  adjacent to Tysons Corner,
> you 
> likely know where that is.   I get down  to the marina from time to time and
> look forward to seeing your boat in the  water there.
> 
> We'll probably use a marina over on the bay,  we're looking at Deal,  Md.  I
> understand slips are VERY hard to get at the Washington Sailing  Marina.  I
> was told they have a waiting list of several years.  Was  that your
> experience?
> 
> Dave Lewis
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