[Rhodes22-list] I'VE BEEN OUTED! or 'My Journey TO a RHODES'

[Kathy]

Great story.  We'll be looking for you in Key Largo.  Are you on the Bay or 
Atlantic side?

Bob and Kathy on the "NoKaOi"


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From: "petelargo" <petelauritzen at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 4:47 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] I'VE BEEN OUTED! or 'My Journey TO a RHODES'


>
> I guess it's time to 'surface' since the Ed pics officially outed me. 
> First I
> would like to say that I am really not as old as the pictures make me 
> look.
> I think it was the light that day, probably too much of it. I have been
> living 6 months in Boone, NC (June to Dec) and six months in Key Largo 
> (Dec
> thru May) for the past 6 years. I have been sailing for 6 years and have
> been a classed river kayaker for 12 years. I am relatively friendly.
>
> Next, I admit that it is true that I bought a RHODES without ever 
> personally
> seeing one or sailing one. I know that it's kinda crazy, so I hope I fit
> right in with this group. After sailing several boats I did get a real 
> clear
> picture of what I wanted in a boat.  I spent two years of research to 
> arrive
> at the RHODES choice. The RHODES was the only boat that looked to exceed 
> my
> requirements. I think it will.
>
> In my search for what I could afford, sometime around end of October for
> about three days, I actually had first right of refusal on three used
> RHODES! I was the second in line for the steve crop RHODES in ft. laud. I
> had dibs on another RHODES that has not resurfaced yet. And then I called
> Rummy.
>
> I can't really say enough about the help and enthusiasm that Rummy and 
> also
> Ed gave to me upon my bearing in on the Lake Hartwell RHODES. At some 
> point
> when I told Rummy I was a bit nervous, he actually told me to 'knock it 
> off,
> your getting a great boat and my name is on the line as well'.  It has 
> been
> years since I met someone who was actually concerned about their good 
> name.
> How refreshing!
>
> I did meet Stan, who baptised me at the factory upon picking up my 
> trailer.
> It was a cold day in Edenton and Stan had a huge parka on that went from 
> his
> knees to just past his chin.  Rose did paperwork and I proceeded onto Lake
> Hartwell. I did trailer the RHODES to Boone NC in the High Country and 
> found
> myself to be more of a religious man than I thought, as I drove HWY 321
> straight up to Blowing Rock in my 20 year old rusting FORD F-150 named
> "Beast".  I did start breathing again the next day.
>
> I will have many technical questions to be sure. For now the most pressing
> are:
>
> 1) How many weeks go by before you stop compulsively walking outside and
> constantly looking at your Rhodes?
> 2) Is it considered an extra marital affair if you are touching your 
> RHODES
> more than your wife?
> 3) Is it a diagnosable mental disability, if you simply can't stop 
> thinking
> about sailing in your RHODES?
>
> Thanks for being such a great group and to Stan for his passion.
>
> NEXT: "My Journey IN a RHODES"
>
> Pete Lauritzen
> Red Rhodes 89 Recycled 2004
>
>
>
>
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