[Rhodes22-list] Miracles launched!

[Michael D. Weisner]

Brad,

Do you apply CorrosionX to everything (that could be dangerous)?  Have you 
invested in the company, yet?  You should get a commission on every can.

Mike
s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
       Nissequogue River, NY

From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 11:23 PM
> Lou,
>
> Atta Boy!  If you get tired of chewing gum, try some products from these
> folks-
>
> http://devcon.com/
>
> Every mechanic is familiar with Permatex but I only recently discovered 
> the
> Devcon line of products. There's something for everything, especially 
> those
> corroded metal parts.
>
> Don't forget to carry a can of CorrosionX for electrical issues (available
> in the Aviation department at True Value).
>
> Brad
>
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Lou Rosenberg <lsr3 at nyu.edu> wrote:
>
>> 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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