[Rhodes22-list] Welcome Patrick - You want a Rhodes

[Patrick Riley]

Thanks to all for the welcomes.  Yes, I think a recycled Rhodes is a good
idea for me since I can't afford the $ for a new one and can't afford the
time for a fixer.  I did e-chat with Stan and he suggested I join up with
this list.  I had visited Rhodes22.org but between the age of some the pages
and perhaps some reluctance on the part of my security software I had become
convinced that this group was no longer active.  It seems you are very
active:-).

I do hope to Sail Coeur D' Alene someday.  I grew up not far from there in
western Montana.  Lake Ponderay is on my list too.  I would say these are
within 1 very long days drag of Denver.

-Patrick

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Caesar Paul <caesarpaul01 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hi Al, Patrick,
>
> I am a first season Rhodes owner, living in Pullman WA, and the Rhodes is
> the first boat I owned.  After becoming interested in sailing, I went to the
> bookstore and bought a book, started reading, then started searching.  This
> search led me to the Rhodes 22, and I compared every other boat around 22
> ft to the Rhodes, and the Rhodes came out way ahead of all of them.  It was
> somewhat flattering to learn the naval architect and experienced seamen came
> to a similar conclusion to this non seaman.
>
>  As a "land lubber" for all my life, being non-sinkable was a huge selling
> point for me.  Being non-cap sizable under sail gives me confidence to
> experiment and discover, and  keeps me and my family safe and dry if and
> when we make foolish mistakes.
>
> If you guys want to come to Pullman, WA, I will be happy to give you the
> grand tour and a sail on the beautiful lake Coeur D' Alene  in Idaho.
>
> Thanks for joining in.
>
> Caesar
>
> --- On Wed, 3/4/09, Al Gunther <al.gunther at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Al Gunther <al.gunther at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Welcome Patrick - You want a Rhodes
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 4:40 AM
>
> Hi Patrick, I'm new to the list as well - I been lurking a few days..( Hi
> everybody! )  I did have the good fortune to actually see a Rhodes 22 last
> fall at the boat show in St. Claire Shores (Detroit).  Eldon (Stan's
> brother) gave me the  grand tour -  He spent like an hour and 20 minutes
> answering all my questions from stem to stern literally and figuratively.
> It's exactly what I want and need.  I just got to pay off some bills
> (daughter getting married, remodel mother's house, a few kids college
> bills)
> then I will have one.
>
> It's not the boat to sail to Pongo-Pongo , though people have done it with
> a
> lot less.  However it's incredibly well thought out, tough, easy to handle
> and live with, spacious (for 22 feet) , shallow draft, easy to launch.  I
> was really impressed.  Yeah - I've looked a lot , I can't see anything
> that's as easy to live with, practical, and innovative as the Rhodes.  I
> kind of bet everyone here is going to tell you that. Go see one.  Find
> Eldon
> and Stan - these guys are the real deal, no high pressure sales team, no
> gimmicks - no flash just a good boat that's been refined for years and
> years
> till it's better than any little trailerable sail boat out there.
>
> My first post-  hope I did this correctly.   Nice to be here, looking to
> meeting all of you.
>
> Al Gunther
> al.gunther at gmail.com
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