[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes hit by car update

Fri Jul 23 16:26:23 EDT 2010

Rik did a great job for "opus" and I put the name on the hull.

Chris Cowie
Cowie Associates PC

On Jul 23, 2010, at 2:06 PM, "David Bradley" <dwbrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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