[Rhodes22-list] Straw Poll Ocean or Lake

[stan]

As our promos say the Rhodes was not designed for scheduled Atlantic 
crossings but many have sailed to Bimini in the Atlantic and Baja and 
Catalina in the Pacific and, as our promos point out, we never heard from 
them again.

Actually, one of the owners, who sailed single handed to Bimini, said he got 
caught in a nasty storm, tossed out a sea anchor, doused the sails (easy to 
do single handed on a Rhodes), went down below, waited it out and then 
continued his trip.   However I did notice that the post mark on the letter 
he sent us was from France.

In one of many books that include a review of boats in the Rhodes 22 
category, the noted author of "Sailing Big on a Small Sailboat" writes, 
"From the deep blue ocean to the shallow coves, the Rhodes 22 covers it 
all".   I wish we had said that.

stan/general boats

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rod Ellner" <ellner at pressenter.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Straw Poll Ocean or Lake


> We sail in a wide area of the St. Croix River between Wi & Mn
>
> Rod
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 16, 2010, at 11:16 PM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Ed,
>> My understanding was that the R22 was designed for places like Long
>> Island Sound which also makes it a great boat for the Chesapeake Bay
>> which is where we sail. There are quite a few R22s on the Chesapeake.
>>
>> There are also a fair number of folks sailing on smaller lakes as it
>> is also a good daysailer.
>>
>> Mary Lou
>> 1991 R22 Fretless
>> Rock Hall, MD
>>
>> At 11:39 PM 3/16/2010, you wrote:
>>> Hi all:
>>> I'm curios, how many people sail their R 22's on lakes, and how
>>> many in
>>> the ocean (not Blue Water) bays and coastal areas?
>>> Stan what was your original thoughts when you had the boat designed
>>> way
>>> back when?
>>> Did you envision the R22 to be used mainly in lakes or oceans?
>>> Thanks for the info
>>> Ed
>>>
>>>
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