[Rhodes22-list] Buying a Rhodes

[elle]

Leland.../

Thanks for the kind words about WaterMusic...except
she isn't new...she's a recycled '92.......but after
Stan finished with her...who can tell!

elle


--- "KUHN, LELAND" <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:

> 
> Dan,
> 
> If "remotely nearby" is about two hours, you're more
> than welcome to
> come up for a demo sail.  95N to 50E just across the
> Chesapeake Bay
> Bridge.
> 
> I purchased my 1986 recycled boat from Stan about
> two years ago and I
> too planned on primarily daysailing with a few
> overnighters.  After over
> a hundred daysails, I have yet to spend the night on
> her; but one of
> these days...
> 
> Elle has a beautiful new boat with wheel steering. 
> If you'd like to see
> what an older recycled boat looks like with a tiller
> and portapotty, it
> might be worth the drive to the Eastern Shore.  I
> believe that if God
> thought sailors should be cleaning instead of
> sailing, he wouldn't have
> given us rain.  Aside from a powerwashing last
> December, I've done
> almost no cleaning and my boat looks great.  She's
> an impressive
> advertisement for Stan's recycling program.
> 
> In my biased daysailing opinion, I highly recommend
> you get a GPS,
> mostly for knowing your speed (cheap hand-held is
> adequate).  A big,
> easy-to-read bulkhead mounted compass is awfully
> nice, primarily to
> prevent you from changing your direction and having
> to re-adjust your
> sails.  Don't let anyone talk you out of getting a
> depthfinder, not even
> Stan.  I think Stan may now include the connection
> from the tiller to
> the outboard, but if not, get it.  Same for the
> tiller extension, which
> I mostly use for its tiller-locking-cruise-control
> feature.  Get IMF
> (in-mast furling).
> 
> Nice but not necessary features I have include the
> bimini, cockpit
> cushions, electric motor lift, dual batteries, solar
> panels, new sails,
> and hand-held anenometer for checking wind speed.
> 
> My boat came with opening front ports so I kept
> them, but had I to do it
> over again I would have listened to Stan and had
> non-opening ports
> installed.  Putting the covers on and off isn't
> worth the hassle (for a
> daysail).  A speed wheel isn't worth the money even
> if it's free.  The
> Chesapeake water will clog it up in a matter of
> days, and a GPS is much
> more accurate anyway.
> 
> Can't miss what you don't have, and I haven't
> regretted not buying other
> items.  If I overnighted a lot, the pop-top
> enclosure would seem wise.
> As for the expensive boom room, I'd probably drape
> mosquito netting or a
> tarp over the pop-top and bimini to keep out bugs or
> rain.  Captain's
> chairs are cheap if you have the right stern rail;
> expensive if you
> don't.  No offense to anyone's masculinity, but I
> think a marine head
> must be a chic thing.  As a caveman, it just seems
> unnecessarily
> complicated.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Lee
> S/V At Ease
> Crab Alley (Kent Island, MD)
> 202.884.5369
> 
> If you and your wife are teachers, you might think
> about naming your
> boat "Rhodes Scholars."
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: johnsondan at comcast.net
> [mailto:johnsondan at comcast.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 8:52 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Buying a Rhodes
> 
> Our intention is to put it in a slip - probably on
> the Chesapeake.
> Mostly day sailing; some overnightling and perhaps
> short cruises (3 - 4
> days) on the Bay.
> 
> Our current thinking is that we want a bimini as a
> minimum, and the
> concept of the "boom room" is intriqing, but have
> never seen one.
> 
> Dan
> 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: R22RumRunner at aol.com 
> 
> > Dan, 
> > Welcome to the list and our community. There are
> many choices
> available when 
> > purchasing a Rhodes. I would recommend that you
> figure out how you
> will use 
> > your Rhodes. Will you be doing day sailing,
> overnights, or long
> distance week 
> > long trips. Knowing how you will use your boat
> will dictate what you
> should 
> > or would want to have. Beyond that, the people on
> this list can make 
> > recommendations based on their experiences. 
> > 
> > Rummy 
> > Lake Hartwell, SC 
> > 
> > 
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We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


       
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