[Rhodes22-list] Delayed Gratification

[Mary Lou Troy]

Congrats Joe!

Best wished for the launch and many years of smooth sailing!

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD



At 08:51 AM 10/21/2010, you wrote:
>      I fell in love with the Rhodes 22 at the 
> Annapolis boat show 16 years ago.  It rested on 
> a trailer surrounded by an admiring 
> crowd.   Many in the crowd were most likely 
> awed owners still mesmerized by the gleaming 
> hull and the promise of adventure at the sight 
> of a new Rhodes.        This Friday Elton 
> delivers my “new to me” dream boat to Big 
> Water Marina on Lake Hartwell GA/SC.  I have 
> enjoyed the process of this boat coming to own 
> me.  I have met a great group of people, 
> on-line and in person, who have helped make the 
> delivery of S/V Second Wind a reality.    I 
> sailed on my first Rhodes with  Peter 
> Thorn.  He had somewhat reluctantly put his 
> boat up for sale a number of years ago.  I 
> called him and he informed me that he already 
> had a bid on it pending a survey.  If things 
> did not work out I would be the next in 
> line.    He invited me to join him on a sail 
> from New Bern down to Orient NC where he would 
> sail in a single hand race later in the 
> week.    It was a confirmatory sail for 
> me.  This boat felt as great in the water as it 
> looked on the trailer.    I was “next in 
> line” on a number of Rhodes over the next few 
> years.  Always the bride’s maid and never the 
> bride brought me to Edenton to see if Stan 
> could fix me up.  Stan invited me out for a 
> different kind of confirmatory sail.  I had 
> some personal nagging ageist thoughts that I 
> might be too old for this dance.   I retired 
> seven years ago.  Stan proved to me by example 
> that I had at least 20 something more years of 
> sailing ahead.    I “listened” and learned 
> from all of you over the “lurking” years so 
> I could make informed decisions when the time 
> came.    Thanks for the debates over what is 
> needed on a Rhodes 22 and why, thanks for the 
> written sailing accounts and accompanying 
> pictures and art work that kept the dream alive 
> on cold winter nights and when the economy 
> tanked.   I will take pictures of what you 
> helped launch.   I have invited Rummy to the 
> launch and he has kindly accepted.  I wish you 
> could all come but I could not afford that 
> amount of Mt Gay.   Best Wishes,  Joe Riley, 
> almost on Second Wind.       -- View this 
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