[Rhodes22-list] Wanna Be with questions

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Alex,
You sure know how to open up a can of worms. I'm sure you will get some of  
our sleepy owners awake with this thread.
In short, not a slow boat, great for what you want it for. I own an 88  
model that looks like new and sails beautifully. It is easy to trailer, take  
down and set up. It can be done by a single person.
 
Rummy
Lake Hartwell, SC
 
 
In a message dated 3/26/2015 12:39:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org writes:



Hello Rhodies.   I’ve
been lurking on this  list for a couple weeks and cyber shopping for
months.  I get to meet  Stan in June and
finally see the Rhodes 22   I hope to
fall in  love despite her aged looks.   I
also wanted to query the  fleet   I’ve  been sailing on a Buccaneer 18 for 
over  30
years.  I started crewing on the same
boat as a kid.   The Bucc is a described
in Sailor Anarchy as “a fast  boat.  
Initially very tender, but firms up just before she  capsizes”   She lacks 
a self bailing cockpit.   Mine is  not set up for racing, I just play
around. 

I’m looking for a  couples cruiser I can dock at the local
reservoir (southern Ohio) and sail  more frequently than my dingy.    I 
also hope to take her to Lake KY  or the
Great Lakes for a long weekend once or twice a year.   I  tend to keep 
equipment forever, and am looking
for a quality boat that will  still be serviceable in 20 plus years when I
retire.    Therefore  I’m avoiding plywood decks and iron
centerboards.    I’d like a  stable boat I can take my dad out
on.   He taught me to sail the  Bucc when
I was a kid, but is no longer agile.   

I wanted  to give the group a chance to sell me on this boat    My 
experience  is almost entirely one design
on inland waters where few other sailboats  play.     My Great Lakes 
experience is mostly paddling a canoe  down the shore (bits of 4 lakes).    I’m
looking at a few other  trailer sailors.  

Catalina 250 is reportedly very difficult to  launch without
a full team and plenty of time.    It is
more  boat then I want.

Hunter 23.5   Day
sailor with  accommodations suitable for a quickie after sunset, but not
necessarily  designed for a full weekend.  
The lack of a real head is a  negative.  
I did like the 23.5 when I saw it in a  boatyard.   I haven’t seen a 240 
yet.  The 250 reportedly makes  a lot of leeway.   Not many of these heavy 
boats were made..   The 260 is too wide to legally trailer. 

Macgregor 26 S (not the motor  cruiser) is analogous
to a Chevy Impala.   Fast but  poor
handling, they are inexpensive and plentiful.   
To  misquote Dr. Who: ”It’s smaller on the inside”.    Predictable  
necessary upgrades include a
roller furler jib, new sails,  an  ida
sailor rudder,  reseal the fittings and upgrade
the head  door.    I’d likely also end up
rewiring it.      I’ve
rafted up with one.    She kept up with
my Buccaneer  fairly well, being light and long.   The styling is a product 
of the  80’s but so
am I!   

Percision 23:  I
haven’t seen  one.   The reputation is
unpredictable quality in a family  cruiser.  
Not many built.     Good performance, but no  head.   

Rhodes 22.   Appears
to be an older  Mercedes.    I haven’t seen
one yet.     The  reputation is well engineered
but expensive.       Refined
handling, but a slow boat.     Relatively good  access to the foredeck may 
be vital in Lake Erie chop.   Many parts  custom to
‘Mercedes’ (GB) which is not a problem as long as Mercedes  remains
healthy.     I will look at a recycled  or
recently recycled boat out of the corral.   I doubt I will  commission a new
sloop. 

I’m not expecting an Ultimate 20, but hate  to entirely
sacrifice performance.  The IMF seems
very cool, at the  cost of roach and battens. 
Does anybody know how it affects  Portsmouth
numbers, etc.?.    Perhaps Stan can invent
‘in boom  furling’.    Every boat is a compromise.   I
appreciate  any insight or thoughts from the Rhodes fleet.     



Alex Cole

Urbana Ohio


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