[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes hit by car update

[Rod Ellner]

She is a good looking boat and trailer. You will love that boat.Our  
Toy Blew is a '87. Stan did his magic on her in 2009.

Rod
Toy Blew

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On Jul 22, 2010, at 7:43 PM, Alex McKenna <alex at brightrhino.com> wrote:

>
> Hello Everyone!
>
> Finally I have some good news to report, the driver's insurance  
> company paid
> me for the destruction of the sailboat. I called Stan, he agreed to  
> give me
> a credit for whatever salvageable parts were on the old boat, so I  
> towed it
> down to Edenton. I spent two days with Stan, Elton, Rose and the  
> guys and
> picked out a beautiful 86 Rhodes 22. Mike and Edwin cleaned it up  
> and fixed
> a few minor items, then they took me out on the sound for a sail.  
> The first
> time I have actually sailed in a Rhodes 22. It was terrific.
>
> I had a little trouble with the truck on the drive home, so that  
> took about
> 17 hours, but I am safely home, with my new-to-me boat.
>
> It has a bimini, roller furling main, an enclosed marine head, a  
> hatch over
> the head, a solar panel adjacent to the hatch. A nice new plastic
> companionway hatch.
>
> It is, by far, the most beautiful boat I have ever owned. I am  
> excited.
>
> Now I am trying to find some places to go sailing near me in  
> Connecticut, we
> live outside Hartford, so the Long Island Sound is about an hour  
> away, I am
> still a novice sailor, so I am looking for a more protected area to  
> begin
> with. We drove to the area around Niantic looking for a good ramp,  
> there is
> a state ramp, but it is above two bridges. We also found a ramp at  
> Pleasure
> Beach, but the water seemed pretty shallow at the ramp.
>
> If anyone has any ideas about good places to sail in the area, I  
> would be
> grateful to learn of them.
>
> Are there any lakes in the CT/MA/RI area to sail on?
>
> My two kids, 3 and 6, are excited to sail, I think my wife is  
> indulging me.
>
> It has no name, we are considering "Fortuitous"
>
> Stan called me on Monday after I returned home, and said my old boat  
> was
> damaged beyond repair, the centerboard trunk was ruined from some  
> earlier
> damage. So if I had tried to repair it myself, it would have leaked  
> terribly
> once in the water. I read the article on repairing the centerboard  
> trunk on
> rhodes22.org, that was a lot of work.
>
> Here is a picture, perhaps someone here knows who owned it before  
> me, it had
> a Virginia hull id on it.
>
> http://alexmckenna.com/content/fortuitous Fortuitous
>
>
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