[Rhodes22-list] Sleeping on an R-22

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Bill, All,
BTW tonight and last night are meteor showers.  I forgot last night.  Our forecast is clear skies.
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Effros <bill at effros.com>
>Sent: Nov 16, 2006 9:54 AM
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Sleeping on an R-22
>
>Philip,
>
>Congratulations on giving Deena enough room to enjoy the boat.  The R-22 
>is like owning a little bit of heaven on earth.
>
>My wife, also, wanted to overnight at motels and marinas, but that is 
>not the way we find we use it.
>
>Some nights are just so beautiful you find you don't want to leave the 
>boat.  So you drop anchor, look at the stars, watch meteor showers, and 
>fall asleep.  There is always enough food on board.  There is water.  
>There is a clean head.  You can play your own music at the volume you 
>want to hear it.
>
>You can take a late night swim.  You can heat water for a "sun shower" 
>if the water in the bag cools down.
>
>At some point you realize there is no reason to put your clothes back 
>on, and nobody is thinking a motel or a marina would be nicer than what 
>you've got.
>
>There is absolutely nothing in the world that beats waking up to the sun 
>at an isolated anchorage after a night like this.
>
>If you do this enough times, get the cockpit fill-in cushions and put a 
>12v inflated Aerobed on top of the fill in cushions.  You will get a 
>better night's sleep than you can get at home.
>
>Get the Pop-Top.  Consider a Boom Room.
>
>Always know what the weather will be like for the next 24 hours, and 
>never take your wife out into a storm.
>
>The little chores of moving cushions around and assembling covering are 
>a delight.  Time passes quickly.  Your boat is more comfortable than 
>boats twice its size.  This is really true.  And it's not a maintenance 
>headache for either you or your wife.
>
>Enjoy.
>
>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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