[Rhodes22-list] Hello everybody--I'm back after lots of years--maybe time for another new R22

[Rhodes22Dave]

Elle, I did order a new Rhodes 22 from Stan this week.  I have some offers to
buy my 2001 R22, probably at a better price than I can get this year from
Stan as a trade-in, but I am intending to trade my 2001 in so that Stan can
be kept in the financial loop, given that he ends up providing support and
parts on most of these boats, anyway.

David

Lady in Red wrote:
> 
> Welcome back to 'da list', Dave. I'm a newbie to you and look forward to
> reading your posts.
> BTW...I have it on excellent authority that Stan would be past delighted
> to build a new boat for you.
> elle
> 
> Beer is good....people are crazy
> 
> 1992 Rhodes 22    Recycled '06"Watermusic"  {Lady in Red}
> 
> --- On Sun, 10/24/10, Rhodes22Dave <Rhodes22Dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Rhodes22Dave <Rhodes22Dave at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Hello everybody--I'm back after lots of
> years--maybe time for another new R22
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Date: Sunday, October 24, 2010, 11:06 PM
> 
> 
> I bought my Rhodes 22 in late 2000 and had it delivered by Elton to Lake
> Travis, Texas (near Austin) in April 2001.  My boat has been sitting in
> the
> water ever since (I've never trailored it--just sailed down to a marina a
> couple of times for bottom paint).
> 
> I think the last time I posted on this list was when a teflon ring slipped
> off its set screw inside at the top of my mast where it separated the mast
> from the inner furling system.  I did use Stan's crain system to lower the
> mast by myself right over the water, replace both the teflon ring and the
> mainsail, and then raise the mast and reset everything--and then lower and
> raise it again because I forgot something.  That was many years ago.
> 
> I dropped off the list as the mailing list inbox got longer and longer,
> but
> now I will do the best I can with a new email account just used for this
> list.
> 
> My wife and I live in Houston and drive to Austin (3 hour drive) almost
> every weekend.  Two years ago we also bought a motorboat for a slip at our
> weekend house on Lake Austin--we were the only house with an empty
> slip--so
> now we split our time between the two boats and the two lakes, but sailing
> is by far my favorite.
> 
> After ten years, mostly in the hot sun, it is time to do the maintainance
> that I would have done myself all along if I lived here and especially if
> we
> had a winter where the boat comes out of the water for storage and
> repairs. 
> Instead, winter is the best time of year for sailing here (the second half
> of fall through the first half of spring).  Summer is good too--if you
> like
> 100 degree heat, less wind, and lots of ski boats.  So in the summer we
> don't go out until early evening.
> 
> Being lazy, instead of replacing all the lines, fixing the head and doing
> other routine maintenance, I am thinking of buying a new Rhodes 22 almost
> exactly like my existing one, and giving him mine back to refurbish for
> someone else.  I talked to Stan about this a year ago, but I keep
> procrastinating because mine still is fully operative (except the head)
> and
> relaxing and fun.  It's just that I don't know how much longer Stan can
> keep
> making boats--none of us are getting any younger--and ten more years from
> now my existing Rhodes 22 may be a candidate for Davy Jones Locker.  I
> hope
> I am not too late.  I keep thinking that one of these months or years I am
> going to find out that Stan has fully retired.
> 
> I was encouraged to see that someone on this list took delivery of a new
> boat from Stan this April.  Sounds like General Boats is still in
> business. 
> I am 70 and don't think I'll be lasting nearly as long as Stan has, but I
> haven't retired either.
> 
> Anyway, it will be good to read the posts from some of the names that I
> remember well from my prior time on this mailing list.
> 
> Dave (or David--I use both versions equally as much)
> 
> 
> 
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