[Rhodes22-list] By way of introduction, Ahoy, and request for advice

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Stan,

I agree with the virtues of having the recycle option, but do you do any "survey" type checkout of the non-recycled boats you are selling?  I wonder at how something like this could happen.  At very least a prospect for a pure 'brokered' sale could float it, and expect a bare-bones inspection.  That is reasonable consideration for the sales margin he paid to GB.

Any of us as individual sellers, Hank for example, have disclosure obligations to a buyer, and certainly warranty of mercantability responsibility.  I really hope you stand behind Andy as a first step, not just as a potential survival net if the fleet members cannot bail him out.  Not to be critical, but I'm surprised that this could happen, and your response when it did happen.  

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: stan <stan at rhodes22.com>
>Sent: Apr 6, 2009 11:52 AM
>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] By way of introduction, Ahoy,	and request for advice
>
>Andy is just sending this as a testimonial on why you should buy a recycled 
>Rhodes with its new boat guarantee - instead of a used Rhodes (as this one 
>is)
>
>But fear not, the McNeil's are another great family joining the Rhodies clan 
>so we will not let them sink,  if you guys and gals cannot toss them a rope 
>in time.
>
>ss
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "atmcneil" <atmcneil at gmail.com>
>To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 11:28 AM
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] By way of introduction, Ahoy, and request for 
>advice
>
>
>>
>> Hello everyone. I'm a new Rhodie, having gotten a used 1981 from Stan at 
>> the
>> beginning of March. I had her parked in the driveway for a few weeks while 
>> I
>> attended to paperwork and cosmetic concerns. I had folks on hand Saturday 
>> to
>> launch her. That was a challenging time, including losing control of the
>> mast and pulling the step out of the deck. Luckily I was able to quickly
>> repair it, having read Stan's reasons not to bolt the step to the deck. So
>> by 1pm I had her parked in her slip and had renamed her CEALA (pronounced
>> sea-la).
>>
>> I went to check on her Sunday morning. She's in a slip on Queens Creek, 
>> off
>> the York River about 5 miles NW of Yorktown. I found she had taken on 
>> water
>> overnight, somewhere around 20-25 gallons.
>>
>> Yesterday evening a friend and I went down and took some of the deck up to
>> try to find the leak while she was still in the water.  There are 3 bolts
>> coming up at the center board cap, and from the diagram in the 
>> "Centerboard
>> and Trunk Restoration" instruction on the website, the leak is where they
>> double block for the mechanical advantage is.  The fiberglass gasket is
>> leaking (about 1g/hr). The washers look too small and the edges of the
>> gasket have come up.  The cp trunk flange (the part with 40+ bolts) looks
>> good. While I working I dried them off and they stayed dry.
>>
>> So we pulled her out and she is parked at the marina until Wednesday, at
>> which point I either have to put her back in the water or bring her to the
>> house.
>>
>> I have a few questions. What will happen to the double mini blocks when I
>> remove the 3 nuts holding them? Will I be able to reached them to attached
>> them to a new gasket and plate?  What should I use as the plate to attach
>> the double mini blocks? One guy who looked said the plate should be
>> stainless with a rubber gasket under it. Another guy suggested using a 
>> blank
>> head gasket and then drilling the necessary holes.  I just want to make 
>> sure
>> I won't lose any of the mechanism for raising and lowering the 
>> centerboard.
>>
>> Thanks for taking the time to read this. I hope I didn't ramble. I can
>> probably post a picture this evening if that would help. I look forward to
>> getting to know folks on this forum.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> 1981 R22 - CEALA
>> Williamsburg, Virginia
>>
>>
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