[Rhodes22-list] The launch of Second Wind (humor)

[John Lock]

Unfortunately, you failed to identify which was which in the photo... leaving it open to speculation.

Cheers!
John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22 
Lake Sinclair, GA
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On Dec 11, 2010, at 12:48, sprocket80 at mail.com wrote:
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> Sling,
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>   Great account of your launching!  Everyone enjoyed the pics too. Many did not know what Ed or Rummy look like or why
> boats here on the list seem to have drinking themed names. I found an old pic of what I believe is Rummy and Ed together that may explain.
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> Todd T.
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> From: Sling <daysails at aol.com>
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Sent: Sat, Dec 11, 2010 9:15 am
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] The launch of Second Wind
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> Thank you for the warm welcome.  The name Second Wind does come from a song
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> but not the Jimmy Buffet version.  The Hard Travelers, a still relevant folk
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> group that plays around the Chesapeake area put out a song, Sailing on a
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> Second Wind.  Lyrics include “We go sailing, sailing, sailing on a Second
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> Wind and it is stronger, stronger, stronger than its ever been and just
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> when, when we thought we reached the end, we go sailing, sailing on a second
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> wind.”  I did learn from the list that Second Wind is the most popular name
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> for sail boats in the US.  I learned that currently no boat on the list has
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> that name but there may have been one on years ago.    However, right across
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> from my new slip “Second Wind” is writ large across the transom of another
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> boat.  That must be the Jimmy Buffet version.  One other list influenced
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> name is the moniker “Sling”.  I lived in Singapore for the past six years,
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> home of the Singapore Sling and the basket ball team the Singapore Slingers. 
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> I thought names after drinks were in vogue on the list.  I don’t know where
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> I got that idea.    
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> Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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