[Rhodes22-list] Daysailing

[Mary Lou Troy]

Cathy,
I can think of no better argument for the Rhodes 22 as a cruising 
boat than Chris Geankoplis's account of his cruising adventures in 
the San Juan Islands posted earlier today. If you missed it, it's at:
http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20100319/25a98a30/attachment.pdf
Give it a close reading if you are seriously considering the Rhodes 22.

BTW, we cruise in ours but we've never trailered it much preferring 
to keep it in a slip. It's a fair amount of work to set up but if you 
are motivated it's doable. There are folks here who trailer 
regularly. It seems to me that there are folks who have had the setup 
down to under an hour. Because we only do it once a year, it always 
takes us more.

Best,
Mary Lou


At 11:10 PM 3/19/2010, you wrote:

>But that's what we cruisers are after -- a challenge. If you're out for a
>week or more, the bad weather will eventually find you. Since we keep (well,
>kept, we're looking for a replacement boat) our boat in our driveway, it
>isn't worth the effort to go sailing if we're only going out for an
>afternoon -- takes too long to rig and de-rig. A three-day weekend -- we'll
>make the effort.
>(Now to talk my skipper (spouse) into buying a Rhodes.)
>Cathy
>
>
>Leland wrote:
> >
> > Nothing against cruising.  I hope to do some cruising myself someday.
> > Even though I'm seeing more and more daysailers at boat shows the vast
> > majority of sailboats at marinas and out sailing seem to be cruisers.  I'm
> > drawn to daysailing simply because it's easy to sneak out for four hours
> > or less, which is what I did today.
> >
> > A beautiful day by anyone's standards but what turned out to be a great
> > day for daysailing would have been a terrible day for cruising.  Winds
> > from 2-8 knots in pockets changing from the north to the south in four
> > hours.  It took a record number of tacks but I was able to continuously
> > stay with the wind and eventually end up back at the marina.  Had I a
> > destination I would have spent most of my time in no wind or fighting to
> > go upwind.
> >
> > I can certainly understand why I see so many sailboats under power.
> >
> > Lee
> > 1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
> > Kent Island, MD
> >
>
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