[Rhodes22-list] Looking for a Rhodes 22

[mark osterbrock]

Jim,
    Would love to sail with you and learn about your boat. I spent many
weekends as a child on Rocky Fork at my grandfather's cottage less than a
mile away from the sailing club. How do their fees and dock availability
compare to Cowan's?

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Barron" <jbarron1 at cinci.rr.com>
To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Looking for a Rhodes 22


> Hello Mark:
>
> Glad to hear you are still considering the Rhodes 22!  We have decided to
> move our boat to Rocky Fork Sailing Club near Hillsboro.  The boat ramps
> are more suitable, we can get a regular, not triangle, dock, there is
> potable water at the dock, and there are more boats around that size.  We
> were shown around by Gregg McMillan, who has a Rhodes 22 there.  Very nice
> guy who has been helpful to us in learning how to launch and recover the
> boat.  We hope to do some trailering from there, hopefully to Lake Erie.
>
> We towed our Rhodes back from Edenton last May, around the same time as
> Bill.  We used a 1998 Toyota 4Runner with a V6 standard shift. It also has
> a 5000 lb limit.  Coming through the hills in North Carolina and Tennessee
> was not fun and we slowed down to 45 a couple of times going uphill.  It
> was adequate, but just barely.  When that vehicle was in an accident
> recently we moved to a 2003 4Runner, with the V8.  Have not towed with it
> yet.
>
> Would be happy to take you sailing some time after the boat is launched,
> hopefully early April.
>
> Jim Barron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mark osterbrock
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:48 PM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Looking for a Rhodes 22
>
> Greetings,
>     My wife and I live on a small lake in Ohio where we have raced
> Highlanders and Thistles for the past 20 years. We intend to keep racing
> but are ready to begin our cruising lives soon. We are looking for a used
> Rhodes 22. Right now our budget is in the 15k and under range.
>     Our lake is small and we are tired of sailing around it in circles so
> we will need a good trailer to travel to Lake Erie and other nearby and
> distant waters. We would love to have the IMF and bimini and other
features
> to make long weekending more comfortable. We have already inquired about a
> recycled Rhodes. If any one knows of a boat for sale even remotely similar
> to what I have described either near or far I would love to hear about it.
>      Also I have a Chevy Astro van V6 with a towing capacity just over
> 5000lbs. Any thoughts on it's suitability as a tow vehicle?
>                                                     Future Rhodie,
>                                                    Mark Osterbrock
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