[Rhodes22-list] Another newbie

[Geoff Farrell]

Congrats! Your email reminds me of the excitement I felt a year ago when I
picked up my R22 at Stan's. I will relive that excitement again when I
return to Gulf Shores in a month after being away from my baby for almost 6
months. Below is a link to a photo showing mine with the blue bimini and PTE
deployed. Maybe this will help with your decision. This was taken just as I
arrived at Stan's the day before I trailered it home (Gulf Shores AL). Good
luck and have fun. Geoff

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ddq-hZ3KOclDVS4YpIxpSq-9sX-9D_9v-knR33w7Ywk?feat=directlink

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:

> Congratulations! You are going to love it! It was a pleasure talking
> to you at the boat show.
>
> Seeing as how you liked my advice the first time, I'll chime in on
> this one too.
>
> Colors are very subjective but we have multiple shades of blue on
> Fretless (a white boat with navy bottom paint). The Sunbrella on the
> sails and the bimini are Navy. The cockpit cushions are closer to
> what Sunbrella calls Pacific Blue (though they are the Phifertex mesh
> - not sure what color Phifertex calls it.) I wouldn't worry about the
> color of the pop-top enclosure - you'll be using it at anchor and at
> the dock but probably won't leave it up when you are away from the
> boat. Last I knew, Stan only had new ones only in a blue that was a
> little brighter than Navy - that may have changed but you'll probably
> have to go with what he's got. If he has used ones, there may be more
> choice in colors but ask about the style (placement of windows and
> screens) and the condition as there is a lot of variation.
>
> I'd definitely go with the navy bimini, I would think the white would
> show every bit of pollution, dirt and bird poop.
>
> If you are going to be trailering the boat, I'd definitely recommend
> a trip to Edenton to pick it up. When we did that in 1998 we were
> able to sail the boar for a couple of days on Albemarle Sound and
> then have Stan do a couple of little things before we brought it
> home. Got a sail with Stan which taught us more about sailing our
> Rhodes in an hour or so than we have learned since.
>
> Best,
> Mary Lou
>
> At 11:15 PM 10/19/2011, you wrote:
> >Hello All Rhodies,  If you were at the Annapolis show this year you may
> have
> >noticed a dark blue-black hulled R22 among the three boats Stan and Elton
> >hauled to the Show.  The boat looked brand new to Donna and me as we
> >approached that Friday; we were surprised  to learn  that it was a
> recycled
> >boat and very pleased too, as our budget was for a recycled R22 , not a
> new
> >one.  So, trusting Stan as we have learned to do from reading the list for
> >several years and from sailing with Stan out of Edenton  in May 2010, well
> >readers, we bought it!  Chris Cowie, Mac McCready were there reinforcing
> >from their own experience what we had read of the R22's good sailing
> >qualities and Chris took us for a nice sail in his own OPUS, a lovely day.
> >Finally Mary Lou Troy clinched the deal absolutely, showing and telling
> >Donna how comfortably she and her husband live aboard for weekends and
> >longer.
> >      We'll be trading back to GB the San Juan 21, a very lightly built
> >nimble day sailer/racer we bought as a starter /practice boat from Stan in
> >May 2010.  The SJ has been fun to sail in Sheepshead Bay , Brooklyn (out
> of
> >Gateway Marina) but its time to step up to a more substantial boat we can
> >mini-cruise on ( especially when I retire in two years).  So the boat is
> >back in Edenton for some additional fitting out.  Which leads to a
> Question
> >for the list: we want a new Bimini and  poptop enclosure to be the same
> >color.  Meanwhile, the already in place cockpit cushions are a medium
> blue,
> >similar if memory serves to "Capri Blue" on the Sunbrella website. Stan
> >advises that the bimini is available in Navy blue, white, red or green.
> So,
> >should we opt for white or for the navy?  Is White too impossible to keep
> >clean for long?  Will it be too discordant if the Bimini and cushions are
> >different shades of blue?  Should we even care?  But you know how new
> >parents are- I mean of the boat, our children are twenty somethings.
>  Donna
> >hears me typing this, she just called out," I think blue".  What does the
> >list advise?  Thanks in advance for all the other questions I'll be posing
> >to you in days and weeks to come.  Richard (and Donna) Arking.
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