[Rhodes22-list] making a visit to Stan .....

[Mike Cheung]

Well, thanks in large measure to the enthusiasm of this group, my Admiral and
I are heading down to visit Stan in a week.  How I got away with this is
beyond me since that day is our anniversary (our 27th), but sometimes one
gets lucky.  Anyway we plan to fly into KEDE and either walk or beg a ride
from the FBO to get to the GBI factory.  We're not planning on using the
guest suite at GBI, but rather renting a Rhodes for the night after the tour
and test sail.  We plan on doing some cruising so I'd like us to sleep
aboard to see how that works out for us.

I do have more questions for the group.  I'm planning on taking provisions
for our anniversary dinner and anchoring somewhere to cook dinner for the
Admiral and spend the night.  Possible nearby anchorages look to be Salmon
Creek, the Yeopim River, the Scuppernong River, or up the Chowan River near
Keel Creek or Holiday Island.  That's "plan A" and I'd appreciate any
feedback from anyone who's used those anchorages or other suggestions.  We
should have most of the afternoon and early evening to reach whatever
anchorage we'll use.  Though we do want to spend some of that time putting
the Rhodes through its paces ourselves, after the test sail with experts, to
see how we handle the boat on our own.  "Plan B" is to punt on anchoring out
and cooking and instead dock at Edenton for dinner and possibly to
overnight.  It looks as if there are two options for docking - a marina west
of town and the city docks.  Any thoughts as to the preferability of one
over the other are welcome.  Finally, any suggestions as to a restaurant? 
>From my internet prowlings it looks like either Seans or Watermans are my
best bets.  Both look to be an easy walk from either likely docking sites. 
The weather forecast will be the main determining factor in our decision as
to "plan A" or "plan B".  After overnighting wherever we'll sail a bit the
next day and plan on returning the boat to Stan in the afternoon and flying
home to KAKR (Akron, Ohio).

Thanks to all you list posters for patiently answering my questions so far. 
I'm sure after our visit to Stan I'll have tons more.   I'm leaning towards
a recycled Rhodes depending on how the numbers work out.  No danger of that
happening right away though.  It sounds like Stan doesn't work that way for
one thing and the vehicle we're taking down to KEDE doesn't exactly tow
well.  It's a 1982 Mooney 231 which like the Rhodes is a very purpose built
vehicle.  The 231 excels at getting you from point A to point B as
efficiently as possible for a flying machine.  

Mike Cheung
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