[Rhodes22-list] Can't wait

Sun Jan 30 19:08:12 EST 2011

Geoff,
Congratulations!  Is the boat new because it looks it?  The stepping/unstepping procedure is very intimidating at first but after a few hundred times it will be like second nature.  Best advice I ever got was: before you do anything, just ask yourself "what will be holding up the mast?"  Works every time because if you can't figure that out then don't do it!

Best of luck.  If you ever need advice about stepping/unstepping please ask because I have learned many shortcuts over the years.

BTW, are you going to do the BEER cruise this year-it is out of Pensacola first week of June?

http://www.sailingpensacola.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=680

Bob K
Yankee Clipper

> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:40:12 -0600
> From: geoffreylfarrell at gmail.com
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Can't wait
> 
> We got back to Gulf Shores on Thursday PM. Total trip was about 18 hours. I
> never drove over about 60 and was totally freaked after first leaving
> Stan's. Here I am driving on the highway with all these other vehicles and I
> have this beautiful boat behind me that anyone on the road could smash into
> if they happen to receive a text message that they just can't resist reading
> while I'm slowing down for traffic. Whew! And, there do seem to be many
> people on the highway staring down at their lap smiling. My assumption has
> always been that they are reading a text message; although; it's entirely
> possible that they're staring at something else in their lap and that's
> what's producing the smiles (at least the men). Not that there's anything
> wrong with that, but, certainly not while driving.
> 
> Every time I glanced at my rear view mirror I said to myself, "holy crap,
> I've actually finally done this thing that I've been dreaming about for ages
> (actually, my first reaction was always "who is that a$$hole tailgating me
> so closely? Oh wait, that's not a tailgater, that's my boat."). It's
> amazing, though, that after a few hours of driving I finally settled down
> and actually spent more time looking through my front windshield than my
> rear view mirror. The F150 handled the towing fine. The extra weight I
> carried by towing the boat was offset by the lightness of my wallet after
> paying Stan.
> 
> Stan's crew did a great job prepping the boat for trailering. Everything was
> locked down. During one rest area I tightened down one strap about 1/2 inch
> and that was it! Wow.
> 
> While at Stan's the weather was miserable. Rain and cold. When I arrived the
> boat was sitting in his yard fully rigged. We launched the boat just to go
> through the trailering procedure but we couldn't sail. Very cold and a thick
> fog. Once back on land his crew took me through the derigging procedure one
> step at a time. I participated somewhat, but my hands were so cold I
> couldn't even take the rings off the pins. While the derigging was going on
> my wife Joyce was standing by with an umbrella, a pencil, and a soggy piece
> of paper writing down all the steps as I yelled each one to her over the
> sounds of wind and rain. You know, things like "remove the pin from the aft
> lower shroud and connect the turnbuckle to the.....". You get the idea. Over
> dinner that night we tried to decipher the soggy, smudged list she had
> written and the above item came out something like "remove the pin after the
> low shods and turn the buckles." We had some good laughs. Maybe it was just
> the martinis I was drinking. I so wish I would have had a video cam to
> record the whole thing.
> 
> We spent the night at the Captain's Quarters B&B in downtown Edenton (what a
> beautiful town Edenton is). The next day we added some straps to the rig and
> were on our way. We stopped at a rest stop before Atlanta and slept for a
> few hours in the truck and then proceeded. No way was I going to leave the
> rig in a hotel parking lot. I wouldn't have slept well worrying all night
> about the boat while suffering separation anxiety. I did sleep relatively
> well at the rest stop knowing the boat was attached to me via a steel
> umbilical cord of sorts.
> 
> The first day's drive was windy, cold, and rainy. The second day was
> beautiful. We were soooo happy to be out of the cold wet weather.
> 
> The boat is sitting in our boat yard here at the condo where I just stand
> there and stare at it lovingly. For the next few days I'll be sorting
> through things, getting some supplies, prepping and starting the engine,
> reading Stan's literature, etc. while I wait for our ramp work to be
> completed so I can rig and launch (Rummy.... still interested?).
> 
> This boat is freaking gorgeous. What a beautiful product they build. It was
> great to finally meet Stan and Rose; they look well. Mark and the crew were
> also wonderful.
> 
> Thanks to all of you who have supported me and advised me thus far in this
> adventure.
> 
> Some initial pictures are at:
> 
> https://picasaweb.google.com/geoffreylfarrell/Rhodes22?authkey=Gv1sRgCKL8sbTOlv-LPg&feat=directlink
> 
> Geoff
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 1:26 AM, Sling <daysails at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Hey Geoff I think you got this right. Order in winter so you can launch in
> > the Spring. Brace yourself for a rush of pride in ownership when you see
> > it. Joe
> >
> > BigM wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm here at the Captain's Quarters in Edenton getting ready to go to
> > > Stan's
> > > to see my boat. I can't wait. Drive down (or up, actually) was perfect.
> > > It's
> > > cold here though. Geoff
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