[Rhodes22-list] Lou's Miracles Acknowledged, and praise the lord.
Lou Rosenberg
steadilsr at verizon.net
Mon Jul 28 22:06:20 EDT 2008
Ed K
Thanks for the ideas.
My carpentry skills are nil.
I cant make mate two pieces of wood on a flat surface . And I am
becoming allergic to working in those gloves all the time mixing and
applying epoxy.
would love to sail around Long Island. Some day it will happen.
Some captains I ve talked to say at 6knts and given the prevailing
southwesterly breezes in the summer, it could take 2-3 weeks!
Lou da Liberal
On Jul 28, 2008, at 6:44 PM, Tootle wrote:
>
> Lou,
>
> 1. Congratulations.
>
> 2. Give up the technical work and move to Edenton and rebuild old
> boats for
> Stan. You guys should get along on politics.
>
> 3. With what was done to that boat, the rebuilt boat may outlive the
> rebuilder. Therefore, you need to get a lot of time in sailing
> it. Why not
> cruise to Edenton, NC. But wait till after Hurricane season.
> Repeat Stan's
> famous trip by sailing around Manhattan.
>
> 4. Good sailing and God's speed.
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
> Addendum: "Look astern when coasting in well-buoyed waters, look
> astern
> often, both to check on course being made good and to familiarize
> with the
> appearance of the buoyage from a different angle. You may have to
> return by
> that route some day. Look astern as often as you look ahead when on
> watch.
> In miserable weather one tends to huddle in a fixed position."
> SAIL AFRICA
>
>
>
>
> Miracleboat wrote:
>>
>> 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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