[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes hit by car update

[elle]

Stephen,
congrats & congrats again. 
"Fortuitous" is a perfect name.  Talk to Rhodie Rik about getting the name made for your boat. he does great work.
fair winds.
elle

Beer is good....people are crazy

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

--- On Thu, 7/22/10, Alex McKenna <alex at brightrhino.com> wrote:

From: Alex McKenna <alex at brightrhino.com>
Subject: [Rhodes22-list]  Rhodes hit by car update
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 8:43 PM


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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