[Rhodes22-list] Deliverance, Christening, Change-of-Command, Politics (Just Kidding)

[elle]

I hope I'm the first to wish you fair winds & following seas!

Send pix of the launching adventures (there's always an adventure...;^) & your boat in her new home!


elle



We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


--- On Thu, 7/24/08, Benjamin Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com> wrote:

> From: Benjamin Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com>
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Deliverance, Christening, Change-of-Command, Politics (Just Kidding)
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Date: Thursday, July 24, 2008, 5:04 PM
> Friends, Rhodies, and Countrymen;
> 
> Elton called.  He will deliver my brand spanking new R22 
> ('93 Recycled
> '08) THIS VERY SATURDAY.  It will be Christened (with
> Name and Numbers
> by our very own RIK) that morning so Elton and I should
> have a full day
> to figure out how to tie the thing to the dock ( slip is a
> "back her in"
> with spring lines going to two poles out in the water;
> I'll probably
> kill myself just trying to get aboard). Her home will be
> Sandy Hook Bay
> Marina, NJ. She'll be the s/v Susan Kay (named for my
> 1st Mate, actually
> my 2nd mate, or my 2nd 1st mate, you get the idea), navy
> blue, with
> bimini, swivel seats, dual solar and hatches, modified full
> UPP, 42"
> flat screen TV, 409 cu inch main propulsion, angled flight
> deck, steel
> belted radial tires, and rated for 31 knots.  I'll give
> a report of my
> orientation.  It should only take Elton a month or two to
> get me
> comfortable enough to take her out. Those freighters,
> tankers, and
> cruise liners entering NY Harbor will be so jealous. Can
> you tell I'm
> excited? 
> 
> By the way, I'm planning to vote for Sen. Obama and I
> don't care who
> knows it. 
> 
>   
> 
>  
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