[Rhodes22-list] Small is Beautiful

[Chris Crispel]

I absolutely agree with this orientation.  That's why I am holding on to the 
Rhodes until I am forced to go a different way.

Chris
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Thorn" <pthorn at nc.rr.com>
To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:25 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Small is Beautiful


> Chris,
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> A wise sailor told me the best boat is the smallest one that will do "the
> job".
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> Click here: Small is Beautiful by <http://www.quietboating.com/small.html>
> Larry Brown
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> BTW, in the late '70s my father owned a Rhodes 22 Continental he would
> occasionally race and not do well.  Being a better engineer than racing
> sailor, he devised an engineering solution to the problem of making the
> Rhodes go faster to help him win races: he cut off the keel and installed 
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> 500 # lead bulb on a 6' fiberglass daggerboard.    If Stan could replicate
> this feat for you, it could solve all stability concerns (smile).   The
> caveat is the daggerboard  consumed a lot of cabin space.  My mother never
> set foot on that boat again.
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> Chris G has made you a very good offer and I hope you accept.  The R22 a
> safe boat and any small boat is a bad place to be in a storm.  Chris can
> tell you all about it.
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> PT
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> s/v Raven
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> Chapel Hill, NC
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