[Rhodes22-list] Can't wait

[Leland]

Geoff,

I love my recycled boat but it does make me a little jealous when I see a
beautiful new one.

Good luck!

Lee



BigM wrote:
> 
> 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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