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

[Bud]

Bob,
  speaking of stories ... how did you come up with the name NoKaOi?

Thanks,
Bud
'90 Rhodes - still un-named

Kathy wrote:

> 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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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "petelargo" 
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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'
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>>
>> 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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