[Rhodes22-list] WTF - PDQ

[Eileen and Steve]

Joe, congratulations on your new Rhodes.  I am sorry to hear you had a trying
1st day.  I am sure it will get better.  Coincidentally, I too am now living
it the very toasty state of NC in a town called Cedar Grove (about 10 miles
North of Hillsborough), after relocating 13 years ago for a Philadelphia
suburb.  We are in the serious discussion phase with Stan now, trying to
choose our boat.  

Last weekend we sailed Stan's with mixed results.  The 1st day was great and
we did well, even docking fairly successfully.  The next day was a
completely diffrent story.  We were way over our head in terms of wind
(novices that we are) and waves.  We couldn't get the main reefed and ended
up bringing the boat back to the shop.  The good news is that we and the
boat are all in 1 piece.  For this I was very greatful.

I wanted to check and see if you had evaluted Smith Mountain lake as a home
base?  It is also about 2 hours from you.  We are much closer to Jordan than
you are and had not even considdered it.  May I ask why you chose it?  Any
insight would be appreciated, since we are trying to find a good home.  
Thanks

Eileen

eileen.e.spoon at ...



Joe Camp wrote:
> 
> OK: Let me remedy the no posts illness.
> 
> I am now (officially) a retired cop.  I have now left my (old) home in
> suburban 
> Philadelphia and have settled (if that's what you'd call it) in
> Hot-as-Hell-High 
> Point, NC.  Last Thursday, my daughter and I drove the nearly two hours to
> John 
> Kerr lake in northern NC to take possession (if that's what you'd call it)
> of my 
> recycled '87 Rhodes.  It was one of the worst days of the last two decades 
> (maybe three) for me; and that's a graceful description.  
> 
> By the time Elton arrived with the boat (which, by the way, surpassed
> every 
> expectation) the temp was well into the nineties.  We began rigging in a
> shady 
> spot, which soon became a sunny spot.  Elton was a real trooper:
> twenty-three 
> years my senior, and the guy would not quit.  We must have sweat a couple
> of 
> quarts an hour.  I had low blood sugar incident as well as a return of an
> old 
> heat stroke episode that's plagued me for twenty years.  So, I was obliged
> to 
> take several breaks in the car A/C.  Late in the afternoon, we backed her
> into 
> the water (bottomed-out on what I hope was the trailer) and In my haste, I 
> pulled the motor chord...w/o adding oil.  
> 
> A kindly woman and her young son towed me the several hundred yards to my
> slip, 
> where (still suffering from the effects of the heat) I made a poor attempt
> to 
> tie up my proud new possession.  It was the biggest collection of granny
> knots 
> since my first attempt at the Boy Scouts "Knot-tying" merit badge (which I
> never 
> actually earned).  My daughter drove home, and after 30 minutes in
> constant A/C, 
> with a gallon of water in my depleted system, I was almost human again.  
> 
> Well, a week has passed.  The marina mechanics fixed the O/B.  And
> tomorrow, I 
> will return to the marina to un-screw my unworthy efforts, and maybe take
> the 
> boat out of the marina for a short sail.
> I may report (favorably) on the matter soon.  
> 
> There ya go folks: a post
> 
> Joe Camp
> s/v John Dawson 
> 
> 
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