[Rhodes22-list] *** avast SPAM ***Re: Straw Poll Ocean or Lake

[Saroj Gilbert]

I love your humor, Stan...

Seems that the cockpit a tad large and the scuppers a tad small  and the 
storage on the light side for serious Blue Water sailing. IMHO

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From: "stan" <stan at rhodes22.com>
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Subject: *** avast SPAM ***Re: [Rhodes22-list] Straw Poll Ocean or Lake


> 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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