[Rhodes22-list] RE: Philip -- Ice Box

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I am not the one who asked for them.  Would you like them one number at a time.  I can send the letters separately too.  Perhaps a different title for each, eh?

Philip


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From: Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> 

> 
> Philip: 
> 
> Could you send the lat-long in a single post. I do not think we need 
> separate post for lat then long. Better yet, post the coordinates after you 
> personnally have sailed there to verify their accuracy. 
> 
> Ed K 
> Greenville, SC, USA 
> Addendum: 
> "At sea, sheets should never be confused with sails." Vance Broad 
> 
> 
> 
> Philip-39 wrote: 
> > 
> > The houses are on Aquilla Road in Stamford. I am not sure of the 
> > spelling. 
> > I'll have to find the lat/long. 
> > 
> > Philip 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org 
> > [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Bill Effros 
> > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 10:03 AM 
> > To: The Rhodes 22 mail list 
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Philip -- Ice Box 
> > 
> > Philip, 
> > 
> > Everyone has a holding tank these days. 
> > 
> > If you flush it with chlorinated tap water nothing starts to grow in the 
> > tank, and the head will stay clean forever and will not smell. Stan can 
> > plumb this in for you, and I may do this myself, but for now I just put 
> > bottles of water taken from the sink in the boat and let people squirt 
> > away to clean the bowl and then flush everything into the holding tank. 
> > 
> > It is easy to explain to people who have never used a marine head, easy 
> > to maintain, and always works perfectly. I keep the bottles on the 
> > floor next to the head on a shelf that Stan build into the boat. 
> > 
> > I sail off Stamford all the time. Give me Lat/Long coordinates and I'll 
> > take a look. 
> > 
> > Bill Effros 
> > 
> > Philip wrote: 
> >> Bill, 
> >> 
> >> Absolutely. The loaner doesn't have the hatch over the porto-pottie 
> > and 
> >> it is impossible to use. I think you wrote once before that you have a 
> >> marine head but you use the holding tank because you sail LI Sound.. Is 
> >> that right? 
> >> 
> >> By the way, when you sail next season, if you are anywhere near the 
> > Stamford 
> >> shore, many of the houses there, the little late 1940's and early 1950's 
> >> cracker-boxes there were built by my wife's late grandfather and her 
> > father. 
> >> 
> >> Philip 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message----- 
> >> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org, 
> >> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Bill Effros 
> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 9:39 PM 
> >> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list 
> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Philip -- Ice Box 
> >> 
> >> Philip, 
> >> 
> >> I don't know if I weighed in on the marine head issue lately, but I'm a 
> >> strong advocate of the marine head as opposed to the bucket or 
> >> porto-potty--and I've used them all on this boat. 
> >> 
> >> Get an opening port over the head so you can pee standing up--one of the 
> >> most important safety features of this boat, as far as I'm 
> >> concerned--and a feature not available on many boats twice our size. 
> >> 
> >> Bill Effros 
> >> 
> >> Philip wrote: 
> >> 
> >>> We still plan on the new boat. The loaner is still in the water, but I 
> >>> haven't been able to get to the marina in a few weeks. I just started a 
> >>> 
> >> new 
> >> 
> >>> assignment closer to home (I now live there instead of visiting on 
> >>> weekends). I am on leave next week and my brother visits from CT. We 
> >>> 
> >> will 
> >> 
> >>> go out in it a couple of times, weather permitting then I plan to pull 
> >>> it 
> >>> out for the winter or until I can take it back to Edenton. I owe Stan 
> >>> another payment and expect to have the new one sometime next spring? or 
> >>> summer? Anyway, my wife wants the marine head. I hadn't put much 
> > thought 
> >>> into the ice box. The loaner has one of the plastic 12v upright 
> >>> coolers, 
> >>> but we haven't used it. I'll have to consider your idea. You may be 
> >>> 
> >> right, 
> >> 
> >>> and if I wanted one later, I know there are several options or I could 
> >>> always go back and get one from Stan. Of course, my wife has the final 
> >>> 
> >> word 
> >> 
> >>> on that too. 
> >>> 
> >>> Thanks, 
> >>> 
> >>> Philip 
> >>> 
> >>> -----Original Message----- 
> >>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org 
> >>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Bill Effros 
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:11 AM 
> >>> To: R22 List 
> >>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Philip -- Ice Box 
> >>> 
> >>> Philip, 
> >>> 
> >>> What is the status of your new boat? 
> >>> 
> >>> What did you decide about the head? 
> >>> 
> >>> A change I would recommend if Stan can do it is taking all the extra 
> >>> stuff out of the ice box, leaving you with just an easily accessible 
> >>> rectangular space. 
> >>> 
> >>> The Ice box is in an excellent location. 
> >>> 
> >>> Modern insulated bags are so good that you can put one or many into the 
> >>> ice box, and they will hold ice for more than 24 hours without doing 
> >>> anything fancy. I like the 6-pack size, and I can jam quite a few of 
> >>> them into the ice box. Each insulated bag acts as insulation for the 
> >>> others. I put some food or drinks into each bag, along with 
> >>> refrigerator ice cubes, and I can always hold more than I need for 
> >>> coastal cruising. It's easy to pick up more ice cubes along waterfronts 
> >>> around here. 
> >>> 
> >>> If you have more people on board, the first to be used insulated bags 
> >>> can be stored under the cockpit seats until ready for use. This is no 
> >>> different than if you were taking them on a picnic. 
> >>> 
> >>> Bill Effros 
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