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

[Michael D. Weisner]

Mike C,

I suspect that you will find the R22 cockpit a bit more comfortable than 
that of your mode of transportation to GBI.  For one, you can sleep in it 
while underway, not something that I would recommend in the Mooney.  On the 
other hand, it would be fairly difficult to travel the route from KAKR in 
the R22 (maybe not entirely impossible.)  On the other hand, the Rhodes 
burns negligible amounts of fuel ...  If the 231 was your solution to 
mid-life, what's the R22 going to be?  Yes, we need our toys ...

Enjoy your visit.  Hope you have great weather for your trip as well as the 
sail.

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

From: "Mike Cheung" <mikecheung at att.net>Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 11:42 AM
>
> 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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