[Rhodes22-list] Miracles specs

[Lou Rosenberg]

New bottom includes  West System Barrier coated epoxy 10+ layers
VIVID Epoxy Primer 2 coats
VIVID FREE bottom paint  2 coats
total work time approx 6weeks
total real time 9 months!!!

new sails
new furler (GBI / Harken model #00)
new rudder head (GBI)
all foils stripped and re epoxied + barrier coated
new CB mechanism
recyc bow rail

electronix:
Xantrex single battery monitor
Blue Sea 8 gang panel
Blue Sea power switch and fuse block

[power)
flooded cell 12v
used GBI solar cell

all new 7/19 SS wire from " Riggers Only " loft in MA.
except for GBI traveler and back stay from Edenton

vent: Dorade by Plastimo

portlights:
6 new Beckson ports installed'( 04-05)

anchor  Lewmar Bruce
anchor mount custom made
barrier coated ply

VHF and Sony CD AM FM



On Jul 28, 2008, at 4:02 PM, Lowe, Rob wrote:

> Lou,
> Be sure to take more pictures of her.  Did you have her bottom  
> painted?
> She looks real nice.  And I agree, I love the lines of the R22. - rob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Lou Rosenberg
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 3:51 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Miracles launched!
>
> Thanks Rob!
> It will be 4yrs on Aug 9th..  I still LOVE the lines of the R22 and
> really cannot seriously think about a more economical boat for the
> price!
> plus theres all YOU guys and ladies to help me out of a technical or
> political jam:)
>
> all the best
> Lou
>
> On Jul 28, 2008, at 3:48 PM, Lowe, Rob wrote:
>
>> Lou,
>> Congratulations!  I hope the time and effort was well spent.  I've
>> enjoyed reading about your trials and tribulations over the years  
>> (has
>> it been four years now?).  Hope you enjoy (well, know you do)
>> having her
>> in the water!
>>
>> Rob Lowe
>> S/V Getaway
>> 1976 Rhodes 22
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Lou  
>> Rosenberg
>> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 3:20 PM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Miracles launched!
>>
>> Dear Rhodies,
>>
>> On Saturday I launched my boat "Miracles" after 4 long years of hard
>> work, frustration and fear of not being able to sail this boat.  But
>> hard work,  God's help and
>> lots of money finally prevailed and she floated and we sailed her
>> around Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn to Mill Basin where I am
>> keeping her in a slip.
>>
>> Things almost went flawlessly, but my centerboard cap did leak but I
>> was able to add a fastener and stop it.   Orbit chewing gum works
>> every time! ( along with
>> plumber's emergency epoxy)
>>
>> Some history for those new comers to the list:  I bought this boat
>> for $1200.on Aug 9th, 2004  from the second owner who had sailed it
>> only sparingly.  I found it with a cabin full  of mildew and leaky
>> portlights,  a rusty trailer and an old Merc 7.5 electric start which
>> I sold.   This is my first boat and I hadn't bought the Don Casey
>> books on how to evaluate a used boat, which was one of my first
>> mistakes.    I asked the owner if the centerboard mechanism worked
>> and he assured me it did but I might as well have bought the Brooklyn
>> Bridge.   It wasn't until almost November that I learned that it was
>> stuck inside the trunk due swelling of the trunk walls from water
>> that leaked into the trunk through the flange which was also in
>> terrible shape.
>>
>> With the help of Roger Pihlaja, a very patient chemical engineer who
>> had posted many things to the owners site and to the list,  I was
>> able to spend the next year ripping out the bad laminate and
>> replacing it with garolite panels glassed into the the interior trunk
>> wall.   There is a pdf file at the owner's site under the
>> R22 tech section that details the repair job.
>>
>> I spent another year re wiring and acquiring new parts and some
>> recycled ones from Stan like: the Harken 00 furler, a more current
>> rudder head, another bow rail, and the mast crane and crutch system.
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>> At times throughout those four years I  felt overwhelmed, frustrated
>> and angry at myself for taking this long project on, but felt that
>> one day it would all pay off.
>> Its also a miracle I'm still married too, because my wife Cindy
>> really had to put up with all this s__t way too much for too long!
>>
>>
>>
>> I now have to tend to the cabin and put my sliding doors back on add
>> my cooler, head and tweak the rigging a bit then give her the tiller
>> as we bend sail for the first time!
>>
>> Thanks to all the Rhodes owners especially:
>>
>> Roger Pihlaja
>> Rick Centalonza
>> Stan  and Elton
>> Mary Lou
>> Michael Weisner
>>
>> Richard Smith
>> Rummy
>> Ed K
>> Peter Thorn
>> Hank
>> and Bill Effros
>> and anyone else I may have left out!
>>
>> peace
>> Lou
>>
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