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

[3drecon at comcast.net]

Deena and I are trying to schedule a date to pick up a loaner.  I tried a couple but they keep getting away from me.  I just came back from LA setting my son up in an apt for school.  That was the week we were going to try to go to Edenton.  Now I have to figure out another date.  I want to get the loaner before the season ends, otherwise I will be picking it up just to store it!

Philip

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From: "Arthur H. Czerwonky" <czerwonky at earthlink.net> 

> Willard, 
> 
> You will probably find, as I have, that on a sailboat the cost of fuel is of no 
> consequence. You will want to set the sails as soon as you get underway, much 
> more enjoyable being on the water sailing. When you factor in the performance 
> of this magnificent boat, it is the best of the best! 
> 
> R, 
> Art 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> >From: "Downs, Willard" 
> >Sent: Jul 24, 2006 5:08 PM 
> >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list 
> >Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] ..........question......Again.. 
> > 
> >Phillip -- 
> > 
> >Good point, and yes, that would definitely be an advantage to having a 
> >Rhodes. We also have an older powerboat there that we do wind up 
> >fueling on the water, so I guess that was in my mind. That is one of 
> >the motivations to thinking about getting a sailboat, as we just enjoy 
> >being on the water, not necessarily getting from one point to another in 
> >a hurry........ 
> > 
> >Thanks for your thoughts! 
> > 
> >Willard Downbs 
> > 
> >-----Original Message----- 
> >From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org 
> >[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of 
> >3drecon at comcast.net 
> >Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 3:55 PM 
> >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list 
> >Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] ..........question......Again.. 
> > 
> >Willard Downs, 
> > If you have a Rhodes22, can't you buy fuel in an outboard motor 
> >can at a land gas station which, though still expensive, not quite 
> >marine prices? The guys with the big power boats may be able to fuel up 
> >on the way if they are on a trailer, but afterward they would have to 
> >use the marinas. 
> > 
> >Philip 
> > 
> >-------------- Original message -------------- 
> >From: "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 
> >> -----Original Message----- 
> >> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org 
> >> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of 
> >ASNOOCH at aol.com 
> >> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 8:00 PM 
> >> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org 
> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] ..........question........ 
> >> 
> >> 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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