[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes22 vs Precision 23

[George Carpenter]

Tatflies: Until I joined the every-day-is-Saturday club a few years ago my 
sailing was mostly involved in racing dingy inland scow craft...M-16s, MCs, 
Lasers,  etc. Upon retirement I bought a Catalina 22, which I enjoyed but 
found a bit sluggish, and replaced it with the Precision. It was a big 
improvement from strictly a handling aspect but not terribly comfortable (by 
this point I was enjoying not hanging my wet butt over the sides from hiking 
straps, etc. that was characteristic of the scows...and rather taken by the 
joys of a galley, berthing, porta-potti, cushioned cockpit, stereo system, 
etc.). Then I saw the Rhodes 22 at the Chicago Sail show last year...made a 
pilgrimage to Edenton and became a "Rhodie" with all the trimings on a '91 
recycled...UPP, IMF, swivel seats (sorry, Rummy, but delightful for sailing 
while sipping my chardonay or swilling a frequent Heineken). LOVE the boat 
for it's comfort, balance, looks and ease of single handling. Just not happy 
with the heavy and most often too-large 175 genoa and will likely replace it 
soon.  Anyone interested?

    George

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Tatflies at cs.com>
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Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rhodes22 vs Precision 23


> George,
>
> After owning aPrecision 23, how does the R2 stack up?
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