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

[Joseph Hadzima]

hello Bill

yep it was your story I was looking to find!  I explained
to Slim that I had been downloading yours, and batching
them up to read in a continuous stream with out ever
opneing the pdf files!  Do I feel like a dummy!!!

Thanks for sharing! and good luck on your next adventure!


--- "Wickman, William E" <WEWickman at spectraenergy.com>
wrote:

> Joseph,
> 
> I'm just catching up on emails and ran across your
> request.  I believe
> you are referring to my trip.  The trip I took was
> actually to the
> Bahamas, not Bermuda.  I don't think I would consider
> sailing to Bermuda
> in a Rhodes22 as there is way to much distance between
> land masses for
> my taste.
> 
> You should be able to find my story, to date, in the
> Rhodes22 list
> archives, or go to Nabble.com and look there.  They start
> with Day 0,
> and so far go through Day 10.  
> 
> Bill W.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of
> Joseph Hadzima
> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 4:44 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Sailing the open ocean in a
> Rhodes
> 
> 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:
>
//findarticles.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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