[Rhodes22-list] Small is Beautiful

[elle]

Dang.

I thought y'all were talking about me...;^(

hahaha

elle

--- Chris Crispel <ccrispel at jeffnet.org> wrote:

> 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,
> >
> >
> >
> > A wise sailor told me the best boat is the
> smallest one that will do "the
> > job".
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Click here: Small is Beautiful by
> <http://www.quietboating.com/small.html>
> > Larry Brown
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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 
> > a
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > PT
> >
> >
> >
> > s/v Raven
> >
> > Chapel Hill, NC
> >
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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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