[Rhodes22-list] Rik and Sailing the open ocean in a Rhodes

[Joseph Hadzima]

Thanks Slim

I miss-typed ... after seeing the latest release from Bill,
I recognized the style and photographs of the kids as the
same as what I saw several months ago.

thanks ... so is Bill heading to Bermuda any time soon?

hadz / joe


--- Slim <stevenalm at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hadz and Rik
> 
> You said Bermuda, not Bahamas, so I did a search and was
> directed to the
> archives of the Montgomery list.  That's weird because my
> last boat was a
> Montgomery 15 and I was a member of that list.  The
> archives are huge
> however and I couldn't wade through it all so I emailed
> one of the guys I
> knew from that list.  We'll see if he gets back to me.
> 
> Rik, are you on the Montgomery list?
> 
> Maybe you meant the trip Bill took to the Bahamas but it
> will be pretty
> interesting to find out if someone made it to Bermuda in
> a Rhodes.
> 
> BTW, someone made a crossing to Hawaii in a Montgomery 15
> so Bermuda in a
> R22 is possible.
> 
> Slim
> 
> On 2/10/07 3:43 PM, "Joseph Hadzima" <josef508 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hello Slim & and the rest of the gang ..
> > 
> > Just before I found this group I did a search for
> Rhodes22
> > and somehow came upon an article (actually more like
> > someone's blog) about three guys sailing to Bermuda(?)
> in a
> > Rhodes22.  I can't seem to locate the story online
> anywhere
> > now.  Since you seem to have good search skills,
> perhaps
> > you recall the story, or can point me to it?
> > 
> > thanks and happy non-smoking Saturday!
> > 
> > BTW, I quit many times, but the last time it stuck 14
> years
> > ago.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >>   ----- Original Message -----
> >>   From: Slim<mailto:stevenalm at comcast.net>
> >>   To: Rhodes22-list<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>   Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 1:54 PM
> >>   Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] MONITORING LIST
> >> 
> >> 
> >>   Hi Jay and welcome to the Rhodes g
> >>   roup.  Regarding sailing to Catalina,
> >>   there's no question the R22 is good to go but the
> >> question is are you?  Get
> >>   to know your boat and how it handles in a variety of
> >> conditions first.  If
> >>   you can, take the trip on someone else's boat and
> get
> >> to know the layout of
> >>   the area, anchorages, marinas, etc.  Or bring
> someone
> >> along with you on the
> >>   Rhodes who has some experience.  Or make the
> crossing
> >> with another boat
> >>   you're in radio contact with.  Make it easy on
> >> yourself.
> >> 
> >>   Maybe you remember the story that was in the news a
> few
> >> years ago about a
> >>   guy sailing solo to Catalina and got dismasted.  He
> and
> >> his disabled boat
> >>   drifted for months and was finally rescued off the
> >> coast of Costa Rica?
> >>   Nicaragua?  I don't recall.  Don't be him!  Here's
> the
> >> story:
> >> 
> >
>
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pnav/is_200209/ai_3625535156<http://find
> >
> articles.com/p/articles/mi_pnav/is_200209/ai_3625535156>
> >> 
> >>   Slim
> >> 
> > === message truncated ===
> > 
> > 
> > HADZ (a.k.a. joe)
> > 
> > "That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel
> and hull and a deck and
> > sails. That's what a ship needs. But what a ship is...
> is freedom."
> > -- Captain Jack Sparrow
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