[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes hit by car update

[Alex McKenna]

Thanks David,

Everything really worked out better than I could have hoped, Fortuitous is
vastly better than the one damaged by the Honda Civic.

I will look up the Westport and Charlestown ramps, neither are too far,
especially compared to the drive from North Carolina. I am really a novice
sailor, and will be going out with my wife and two small children, ages 3
and 6, so I would prefer a more protected waterway, with simpler navigation
and tide challenges to start out. That would justify the longer drive.

I would love to find a marina to leave it at with the mast stepped for the
remainder of the sailing season. That would be ideal.

I appreciate your suggestions.

Alex


David Bradley wrote:
> 
> Alex, congratulations!  It sounds like things have worked out for the
> best, in a rather circuitous way.  I love "Fortuitous."
> 
> It's a bit of a drive, but I remember that there is a free boat ramp
> in Westport under I-95 that has no overhead power lines and a straight
> shot to the Sound.  I also remember a ramp in Charlestown, RI on
> Ninigret Pond.  If you launched there, you could camp overnight in the
> protected salt pond and sail Block Island Sound during the day.  Or
> better yet, sail to Block Island and throw a hook out in the harbor to
> camp.  The donut boat will come by in the morning and sell you
> breakfst.
> 
> There must be something in Essex, straight down the CT River.  I can
> ask a friend who lives and boats there if you don't come up wiht
> something.
> 
> Here's a thought - find a boat yard on the Sound or just off the sound
> where you can leave the boat on its trailer with the mast stepped, and
> have an easier drive and in-the-water experience.  I'd bet that the
> guy in the marina in Charlestown would be happy for that business.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Dave B
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 5:43 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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