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

[Ellner]

Rob:  Buy the lady her curtains!   (that is what we do for a living 
----- up in Wisconsin where we are about to be inundated with SNOW!!)    
And after you've gotten the curtains for her, check out the tile! 

This way, you  BOTH will be happy!

(Re-read you Paragraph 4, about going down to the river, rigging & 
launching...........Go for it!!)

Mary & Rod
Toy Blew
(waiting for Spring again!)
> 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?"  
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>
> Thank you in advance for any replies.    -Rob
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