[Rhodes22-list] ..........question........

[Downs, Willard]

Burt --

Thanks for your reply..........sounds indeed like you understand my
conditions.  I also agree with your analysis of who the fuel costs are
going to impact...............not the guys on my lake who are creating
the big wakes!  If they can afford those boats, the cost of fuel is not
really an issue........it's the little guys who hurt when fuel on the
lake is 3.50-4.00.

We can also be on the lake some during the week, when things are pretty
quiet, and that would be nice.  Anyway, your experience verifies what I
was thinking anyway, and is re-assuring as to what's possible if proper
planning and care is taken.

I'm not sure what we'll do exactly, but I've liked the looks and
features of the Rhodes.  Our mission is to find a boat that is capable
enough for us to use on our lake on a reasonably frequent basis, but
still be able to afford!

I'll let you know what we decide to do!

Thanks again for your helpful reply.

Sincerely,

Willard Downs
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Hello Willard, 
  The conditions you describe are not uncommon where I most often sail
.... 
the sea surrounding Shelter Island, New York..  Almost every weekend
sail 
will find me in the midst of multiple cigarette wakes... often racing
from  
Connecticut to one of our shoreline watering holes..... without regard
for right  
of way, etc.... This along with multiple ferry boats, commercial fishing
boats, 
 and 50 foot plus powerboats from the Hampton, Sag Harbor area...  After

over ten years of sailing my 82 Rhodes 22 in these waters I have never
felt I  
needed brown pants.... when under sail, proper seamanship has always
worked.... 
 
   These wakes/wave heights, etc... are just part of the weekend  in
this 
otherwise delightful sailing area.  Somehow, I doubt that these
Monsters, will 
not feel the fuel pinch... like the average family with a below  30 foot
family 
powerboat.... this past weekend they all but vanished leaving us
sailboats, 
and the monsters....  .  
   Fortunately they may be escaped by sailing off towards  Montauk,
Block 
Island /Nantucket, etc....
  Capt. Burt   Golden Snooch
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