[Rhodes22-list] Chronology of a 1980 Rhodes 22 purchase

[Geoff Farrell]

Good to hear. Thank you.

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Orin Harding <wa4tbr at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Geoff,
>
> Trailer has no brakes which concerned me but nothing I could do about it
> prior
> to heading home.
> I found that by maintaining good separation from other traffic (a good
> thing
> always) I had no problem at all.
> I did use transmission breaking for stop lights and such but one time I had
> to
> panic brake (idiot talking on a cell phone) and the truck's brakes handled
> the
> situation well.
>
> Regards,
> Orin
> s/v "Babe 2" (Soon to be renamed when wife decides what to call her)
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Geoff Farrell <geoffreylfarrell at gmail.com>
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Fri, September 24, 2010 2:11:37 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Chronology of a 1980 Rhodes 22 purchase
>
> Orin, I'll be doing the same thing very soon. Does your trailer have surge
> brakes? How was the braking in general? Thanks, Geoff
>
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Orin Harding <wa4tbr at bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Geoff,
> >
> > The truck pulled her well although I did drop the transmission out of "D"
> > into
> > "3" on the longer hills.
> > Cruised between 60 and 65 on the interstates and averaged about 14 MPG
> > during
> > the tow.
> > Truck normally gets around 21.5 MPG on the highway.
> >
> > Fly swatter is on the list -
> >
> > Regards,
> > Orin
> > s/v "Babe 2" (Soon to be renamed when wife decides what to call her)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Geoff Farrell <geoffreylfarrell at gmail.com>
> > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Fri, September 24, 2010 11:50:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Chronology of a 1980 Rhodes 22 purchase
> >
> >  She's beautiful. Congrats. You must be pretty excited. How was it
> pulling
> > her with that P/U truck? One thing I would change right away- upgrade
> that
> > fly swatter that's hanging down below. Geoff
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > Orin,
> > > Sharp looking boat.  Congratulations!  Quite a story on how you bought
> > her.
> > >
> > > How is the bow anchor set up?  Most of ours hang from the bow pulpit.
>  -
> > > rob
> > >
> > >
> > >
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