[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes hit by car update

[David Bradley]

Most of us have put the name on the hull.  Here's a picture of a name
decal Rik did for me 4 years ago.  It still looks great.

You should be able to reach him at:  "Rik Sandberg" <rik at signsbyrik.net>


Dave



On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Alex McKenna <alex at brightrhino.com> wrote:
>
> 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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