[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes hit by car update

[Alex McKenna]

Elle,

Thanks, I don't know Rhodie Rik, perhaps I can find him by searching the
list, now I need to figure out where to put her name, not much space on the
transom.

Alex



Lady in Red wrote:
> 
> 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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