[Rhodes22-list] New addition to the family: Nautisaurus

Tue Oct 5 14:08:07 EDT 2010

Hi Lisa,

Remind Mr. Bud that the first folks to land on these shores were "sailboat 
people."

As a bit of a post script, it has been interesting to note that many of the 
marinas and mooring fields on the North Shore of Long Island which were 
previously home to many power boats would have all but dried up and blown 
away had it not been for us sailboat folks.  With the current economic 
climate, we're the only ones who seem to be able to afford to be on the 
water.  You don't see me complaining about the lack of noise and idiots ...

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: "Lisa Lias" Tuesday, October 05, 2010 1:44 PM
> Lisa here. We are in Goose Bay Marina in Welcome MD. A nice little marina
> populated mostly by powerboats. But they do have a shop there, so once we
> got her there, the trailer and motor could be fixed on site. While that 
> was
> underway we came out one day to load up the Naughti with life jackets and
> that kind of thing and get the letters/numbers on (which also hit a snag -
> West Marine was fresh out of the number "4" for a while. Just the number
> "4," but we happen to need one for each side of the boat. We hear tell the
> Coast Guard and Department of Natural Resources assign these id's for a
> reason and you can't leave any out.)
>
> So there we are bumbling around figuring out where all the convenient
> hidey-holes are for everything from flares to toilet paper, and the guys 
> are
> in the shop. One is working, the other one is working on a six pack of
> Bud-Lite. He kibbitzes for a while as we climb around on the boat and then
> ultimately, by way of punctuating nothing in particular, shakes his head 
> and
> says, "Sailboat people."
>
> Later we walked out where the slips are and after passing one power boat
> after another get to a slip with a very nice Island Packet. The owner is 
> on
> the dock chatting and starts talking to us about all things boat and at 
> one
> point under his breath says "Not many sailboats here. But it's ok, They're
> real nice people."
>
> That's out new catch-phrase. Everytime we got confused putting the mast up
> (which was a process which, mercifully, went unwitnessed by the Bud-Lite
> guy) we looked at each other and said "Sailboat people."
>
> So thanks for the welcome. At least there are other "Sailboat people" out
> there.
>
> Lisa
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:38 AM, KUHN, LELAND <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
>
>> Ron,
>>
>> Welcome aboard!  You can't ask too many questions so ask away.  You'll
>> get plenty of answers and some of them may even agree with each other.
>> For some reason my answers frequently disagree with ones I've posted
>> earlier.
>>
>> Where's your home port on the Potomac?  Coincidentally I live in
>> Maryland, sail a 1986 recycled in 2005, and had a burned-out thermostat
>> on my "new" 9.9 hp outboard.  I wouldn't convert mine to a 15 hp.  It
>> might help you insignificantly at battling seas in the perfect storm but
>> the juice just isn't worth the squeeze.  My outboard moves me at 5 knots
>> at about half throttle.  The theoretical hull speed on our boats is 5.99
>> knots and a 9.9 hp will push you to about 7 knots in calm water.  Had I
>> to do it over again I would have purchased an 8 hp or maybe even a 6.
>>
>> Enjoyed your post and your choice in boat name.  Good luck!
>>
>> Lee
>> 1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
>> Kent Island, MD
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Ron Kaye
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 12:18 AM
>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] New addition to the family: Nautisaurus
>>
>> Hello all
>>
>> So... my future wife, Lisa, and I were going to sell our places and buy
>> a
>> single house together this last Summer.  And move the kids, dogs, and
>> cats
>> all in together.  That idea turned out to be complex, frustrating,
>> expensive
>> and too difficult to do in one Summer.   So of course we decided to do
>> something simple and fun - and what else could that be but buy a
>> sailboat.
>>
>> I had owned a sailboat for a few years long long ago when life was
>> simple
>> and there were no children about.  When that life changed and children
>> and
>> jobs crowded for time and money, the sailboat had to sail out of our
>> lives.
>>  That was a 27' Balboa, the Kundalini Express.
>>
>> I took Lisa out on a Flying Scott over the Summer and she was hooked.
>>
>> Our recently purchased (then unnamed) Rhodes 22 is a '86 hull,
>> refurbished
>> and bought by the previous owners in 2005.  We had Stan's crew do quite
>> a
>> bit of additional and refurbish work on her after we bought her out of
>> brokerage in Sept of this year. She looks brand new now.
>>
>> We have yet to launch the Nautisaurus since we burned a hub bearing on
>> the
>> trailer on the way up to Maryland from NC (we are going to dry-sail).
>> The
>> Nautisaurus arrived on top of a roll-back flatbed wrecker (remember to
>> take
>> the mast off the crutch if this happens to you, or it will tear down all
>> the
>> road signs - but we lowered it).  Then the Yamaha 9.9 need a thermostat
>> that
>> had to be manufactured deep inside Japan by an irritable and distracted
>> Ninja.  More than two weeks to get a part.
>>
>> Question: Is there any advantage to converting the 9.9 to a 15? I'm told
>> it
>> is easy to do, but would we just going to burn fuel against hull speed?
>>
>> Raising the mast this weekend was some kind of adventure, arriving on
>> the
>> scene with about 45 minutes of daylight because of other life
>> complications,
>> and ending up confused with tiny flashlights panting and squinting at
>> the
>> instructions (ever heard of a simple illustration Stan - ok sorry, Stan
>> we
>> love you).  It got better in the light of the following day and we did
>> the
>> deed.  Next time around it might be a lot easier.
>>
>> The best part was when we were wallowing around in the cockpit trying to
>> figure things out in the dark and the bimini was sitting in there and
>> suddenly the motor lifted up and was grinding at the end of the lift and
>> we
>> had no idea why it came to life like that.  It was the bimini (in the
>> case)
>> pushing against the switch that we couldn't see.  The lift seemed to be
>> undamaged by that accidental activation. Kevin at GBX told me not to run
>> it
>> up to the end of the lift with the motor or it would break.  I said OK.
>> I
>> told Lisa this.  She said OK.  The Nauti has a mind of her own.
>>
>> We have been reading the discussions here.  Interesting! We are going to
>> ask
>> a bunch of questions.  Brace yourself.  But for now we just wanted to
>> say
>> hello to fellow Rhodies.  We love our "new" Rhodes.  She's a beaut.
>> We'll
>> try and get a picture or two on here soon.  We are on the middle
>> Potomac.
>>
>>
>> Ron and Lisa
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