[Rhodes22-list] New member to the group

[elle]

Leo,
I also have a wheel...I believe there are only a few in the country so equipped....and I love it!
Send pix!
elle

Beer is good....people are crazy

1992 Rhodes 22    Recycled '06"Watermusic"  {Lady in Red}

--- On Mon, 4/26/10, Leo Zerilli <lzerilli at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Leo Zerilli <lzerilli at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] New member to the group
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Date: Monday, April 26, 2010, 2:48 PM

I bought it on the open market. I'd probably call myself a beginner/intermediate sailor. This is my first boat so I'm definitely looking forward to advancing my skills. I've been looking for a boat casually for a while and when I saw the ad for the Rhodes 22 it looked like the perfect fit for my current needs. 

I needed a boat that I could singlehand because my wife has only been on a sailboat with me twice and I unfortunately scared her the one time she was sailing with me alone. I hope this boat will help me ease her in to a love of sailing.

I loved the inner mast furling. It takes the "chore" aspect out of taking the boat out and bringing it back in. 

I loved the amenities of a larger cruiser in the small package of the Rhodes 22 (the head and galley are perfect).

The boat I'm buying has a self tending jib which seems like a great innovation. I'm not sure how it works with the genoa so I look forward to figuring that out when I get it home and try to rig the boat.

A couple of the upgrades are interesting and I haven't seen much written about anything similar in my research. The boat has a Saildrive engine installed in the transom. It also has a wheel rather than a tiller. I know some will say (including the General Boats website) that a wheel is not as good as a tiller but I kind of like the idea. Just another amenity that makes it feel like a large cruiser.

If you could not tell, I am very excited to get her on the water!!

Leo


----- Original Message ----
From: David Bradley <dwbrad at gmail.com>
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Mon, April 26, 2010 2:14:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] New member to the group

Welcome, Leo.  You'll love the boat.  Did you buy from General Boats
or on the open market?  Are you an experienced sailor?  Will look
forward to hearing about sailing around Cape Ann.

Dave Bradley


On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Leo Zerilli <lzerilli at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello. My name is Leo. I'm in the final stages of buying a 2000 Rhodes 22. I should be bringing it home on Saturday and hope to have it in the water shortly thereafter. I've been subscribed to the list for about a week and have thoroughly enjoyed the discussions. I look forward to contributing in the future! I hope you won't mind my potentially basic questions!
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> I’ll be sailing around Marblehead, MA.
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> Leo
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