[Rhodes22-list] New subscriber intro

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

John,

You are a well informed R22 admirer.  Before I found my boat I noticed, and continue to notice the lack of criticism of the Rhodes.  It is an outstanding boat choice for either experienced or inexperienced sailor, and we have both in the fleet.  This 'list' represents a group of skippers willing to go out of their way to help each other resolve problems and opportunities.

At some point I'd look forward to taking you out to sail on Lake Lanier.  We live in Stone Mountain, sailing capital of the world, and venture into the Gulf and onto the Ga/SC coast whenever we can shake loose.  If you can direct some of your business remotely, you will enjoy doing it from an R22 without a doubt.  Rummy will give you all of the mixes with Mt. Gay when you travel to Anderson.  He is a most helpful techie on any sail or especially R22 questions and very interested in helping other Rhoadies.

Keep us posted on your questions and/or ideas as you travel into Rhoadieland...

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com>
>Sent: Jul 22, 2006 12:34 PM
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] New subscriber intro
>
>Hi folks,
>
>I'm brand new to sailing in general and Rhodes in specific.  Don't 
>own a boat yet, but we're gonna fix that.  I'll be moving to a 
>largish lake in central Georgia this fall and discovered a latent 
>passion for sailing... and I want to eschew the powerboat madness I 
>see on weekends <ugh>.
>
>I've been reading like a fiend, everything I can get my hands on plus 
>the web, and gradually narrowing my choices for brand of sailboat.  I 
>ran thru the obvious first-choices pretty quickly - Catalina, Hunter, 
>O'Day, etc.  All good starter boats.  Considered Seaward too, but I'm 
>not ready to put that much in a boat yet.
>
>Then I found the Rhodes 22 and it just struck the right chord with 
>me.  I like the customer focus and "sideways" thinking put into the 
>many features and design solutions.  I have yet to read anything bad 
>about the Rhodes 22 (as opposed to lots of griping about other 
>brands).  That's a powerful indicator in itself!
>
>My wife and I will mainly be cruising the lake, don't have an 
>interest in racing.  Mostly daysailing, but the occasional 
>long-weekend out on the water will be inevitable.  It's a long, lake 
>in a river valley with lots of fingers to explore, gunkholing will be 
>a major activity.  My new home has a dock on 9 feet of water, just 
>off the main lake area.  So, easy access and dockage.
>
>In the future, if/when we retire, we may be interested in trailering 
>down to the Gulf Coast and exploring the shores from Cedar Key down 
>thru 10,000 Islands and Florida Bay.  I'll need a lot more experience 
>before we'll attempt that, but the Rhodes seems ideally suited for such a trip.
>
>So, I just wanted to stick my nose in and say "Hey!".  I hope you 
>wont' mind the occasional ignorant question on sailing and the Rhodes 
>22.  As the saying goes "Ignorance can be fixed, stupidity is 
>permanent."  I did find the archives and FAQ page, so I'm "fixing" as 
>fast as I can!
>
>P.S. My wife and I run a graphic design and web development business 
>(see sig).  I'll be researching wireless Net access from the water 
>very shortly ;-)
>
>Cheers!
>
>John Lock
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