[Rhodes22-list] Chronology of a 1980 Rhodes 22 purchase
Orin Harding
wa4tbr at bellsouth.net
Fri Sep 24 00:33:22 EDT 2010
July 2009: Guy from Australia purchases Rhodes 22 from a guy in Maryland - From
photos -
Buyer never actually sees the Rhodes "in person" and asks seller to store it at
his home for "a month
or so" while he arranges to have the Rhodes 22 shipped to Belize.
July 2009 - July 2010: Rhodes sits at sellers home while buyer from Australia
tries to arrange shipping.
Sometime during this period guy from Australia has Rhodes 22 and Triad Trailer
titles transferred
to himusing the sellers address.
Early August 2010:Original seller contacts Australian and tells him that Rhodes
needs to move on
and off his property. Australian decides to sell Rhodes instead because he's
found shipping it to
Belize will cost more than he wants to pay.
August 16, 2010: Guy in Maryland places add on Craigslist for the Rhodes and I
stumble across it that evening.
I get in touch with the guy in Maryland and he emails me the initial group of
photos. Based on these photos
I agree to purchase the Rhodes subject to inspection and he sends me the second
group of photos.
August 18, 2010: Titles are sent to the Australian (who is now in England) for
signatures.
September 21, 2010: After about 4 weeks the titles finally arrive back in
Maryland and I drive there from Greensboro, NC to
look at and hopefully buy the Rhodes. I look at the Rhodes early the next
morning and it looks fine so I complete the purchase
and head for Greensboro at 11 AM with the Rhodes in tow arriving home at 6:45
PM.
The Rhodes needs a little "TLC" mainly from sitting unused for over a year.
Nothing major - just soap, elbow grease,
wax, and more elbow grease. Some of the lines will need replacing and I'll
probably clean up some of the wiring. I'll
also be buying Stan's mast support to replace the 2x6 holding it up now.
You can see a bunch of photos of my "new" Rhodes 22 here:
http://www.autochart.com/rhodes22.htm
Regards,
Orin
s/v "Babe 2" (Soon to be renamed when wife decides what to call her)
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