[Rhodes22-list] New here - intro and some questions

[R22RumRunner at aol.com]

Rob,
Find out what color and material she wants for the curtains  and go pick 
out the tile you will be installing. Done deal. Slam  dunk.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 11/12/2010 4:54:46 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
sealovertech at yahoo.com writes:

Joined  last night, got my first digest today.  I figured I'd introduce  
myself.   
I own a 1973 Venture 17 which I enjoy with the wife,  or a friend, or 
single-handed on the local lakes, the Susquehanna and the  Chesapeake.  I 
first 
saw a Rhodes at the Annapolis sailboat show last  year.   I was smitten.  I 
read 
every page of that book Stan  calls a brochure.  


I tried overnighting on the 17 but just  need (want?) something bigger, and 
of 
course I'm on a very tight  budget.

Right now the top two choices are a Macgregor 25 at a bargain  basement 
price and 
it needs work in a few areas that I have experience and  ability (cleaning, 
engine, woodworking, trailer modification)     And a used Rhodes with 
standard 
floorplan, IMF, fancy engine lift  and a Rhodes trailer.   This is from 
General 
Boats,  as-is.   But it's exactly 4 times the price of the bargain basement 
 
Mac.    Still a bargain compared to the one private-sale Rhodes  I've seen 
lately.     I presented both options to the  wife.  The Mac is in the "who 
cares, 
do what you want" price range  and the Rhodes will require me to buy her 
new 
curtains and put a tile  floor in the kitchen, and will totally deplete my 
allowance  fund.   


I'm seesawing back and forth.   The 22  and 25 both seem to have "enough" 
room.  
The 22 I think would be more  like my 17 in that if I feel like going out 
for a 
sail in the evening  after work I can just go down to the river, rig and 
launch 
it myself and  poke around until after sunset.   (and launch in an 
unprotected  
ramp in river current) 


I guess I really didn't have a question  other than "is there other things 
I 
should be thinking about in this  comparison?"  


Thank you in advance for any replies.   -Rob




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