[Rhodes22-list] Foam

[Austin Carter]

Rummy,

The only area i knew about was under the cockpit, I'm guessing there is some under the v-birth also?

Austin

On Feb 12, 2012, at 7:23 AM, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:

> Austin,
> Welcome to the list and the Rhodes family. There are two areas on the R22  
> with foam. Which one are you referring to?
> 
> Rummy
> 
> 
> In a message dated 2/11/2012 11:27:06 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> acarter250 at gmail.com writes:
> 
> Hi  ya'll. I'm Austin Carter, I live in Southeast PA. I'm in the process  of
> buying my first real sailboat (just sold my sunfish), a 1976 rhodes  22.
> I've made a down payment and I'm just waiting for some nice weather to  pick
> it up. If I read the serial number right it's the 24th rhodes 22 built  by
> general boats. I have done a lot of research on this boat and I am glad  I
> got it. I plan to do a florida keys trip this coming winter (winter  of
> 2012/2013) for about 2 months, mostly coastal sailing with a possibility  of
> a dry tortugus run with the right weather. For an easy trailerable boat  the
> rhodes seems to be about as good as it gets.
> 
> Just wanted to  introduce myself as I will probably be pretty active on this
> list,  especially this summer while I'm getting the boat ready for the trip.
> 
> I  also am curious about the question below? Haven't read anythign about  
> the
> foam becoming saturated but it seems like something that could  easily
> happen on a 35+ year old boat.
> 
> Thanks,
> Austin
> 
> On  Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Goodness <spreadgoodnews at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hilarious!  I fell asleep  typing!  Has anyone had their foam absorb too
>> much water and have  to repair or replace it?
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