[Rhodes22-list] Permission to come aboard?

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Hi Graham,

Thank you for the welcome. I'm gobsmacked there are only two Rhodes in the
whole country. Throw a rock in any marina and you'll hit a Catalina 22 - a
very inferior design to the Rhodes to my mind.

My sympathies for your major restoration.  I have neither the skills nor
the patience and am praying that my hull is sound. But it is good to know
someone out there knows. I went to Queen's U and know Bath well. Beautiful
country, and great sailing around Kingston. I'd love to trailer my boat up
there - going up the Richelieu from Lake Champlain and then up through the
endless locks to Lake Ontario is something I have done once and don't need
to do again! But I read somewhere that porta-potties are forbidden on
Ontario lakes so I'd have to plumb in a head and holding tank or risk
getting busted.

I pulled the tarp off Patience this morning and sat in the cabin taking
stock until my feet froze. Bring on Spring!

Jefferson

On 15-03-28 12:28 PM, "The Rhodes 22 Email List"
<rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

>Jefferson:
>I am very excited to see that there may now be two Rhodes 22 boats in
>Canada. Welcome. 
>
>My boat, Agile, is hull number GBX220052G76 making mine a 1976 as well.
>The
>number on the sail is 244. Your boat was built in May and mine in July of
>that year so they should be almost identical. I have been doing a major
>restoration and in the process have dissected almost every part of the
>boat
>so if you need to know more about what is under the skin of the boat I
>should be able to tell you. I am located on Lake Ontario at Kinston.
>
>Here is to great sailing.
>
>Graham 
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of The Rhodes 22
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>List
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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Permission to come aboard?
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>I am the new owner of a '76 Rhodes, hull number GBX220092E76. Despite my
>admiration for the beauty and ingenuity of the boat's design I would
>likely
>not have dared to make the jump if I hadn't discovered this site and the
>generosity and patience of its contributors. I feel honoured to join your
>ranks.
>
>About me: I grew up in a sailing family. Back in the dawn of time when
>dinosaurs roamed the earth we sailed 14' Ackroyd dinghies, then Rhodes
>Bantams, and on to Lightnings and Flying Dutchmen and most recently Flying
>Scots. I discovered cruising  when a good friend bought a Catalina 25, and
>promptly came down with 2 foot-itis - 25 became a Catalina 27, then a
>Columbia 31 and finally a Mirage 26. We sailed on Lake Ontario, up the St.
>Lawrence River past Quebec City, and all over Lake Champlain - which is
>really an inland sea 100 miles long and up to 10 miles wide in places.
>
>Then he sold the Mirage, and I thought well hell, now what am I going to
>do?
>After a lot of looking, I came across the Rhodes and fell in love.
>
>The boat: named "Patience," which feels quite appropriate consider how
>long
>I looked for it. Among the papers inherited from the previous owner is the
>yellowed but legible order sheet for the boat in 1976, from GBC in
>Irvington-on-Hudson. With all the options the original owner chose the
>bill
>for a brand spanking new Rhodes Continental came to $8,095.  The second
>owner bought the boat in the early '80's andy sailed it on the Ottawa
>River,
>and then 22 years ago, so he told me, they bought a cottage on a lake too
>small for sailing and it has remained on its trailer under cover ever
>since.
>I did a pretty thorough inspection with someone more experienced than I,
>and
>it seems to be in pretty good shape. All original, including cushion
>covers,
>the icebox, porta-potty and two burner alcohol stove that was standard on
>RC
>models in '76.  It is equipped with a 150 genoa. The work it needs seems
>to
>be mostly cosmetic, aside from running rigging which needs to be updated,
>and if it doesn't sink to the bottom on launch day I'll be delighted.
>
>I'm going to moor it on Lake Memphremagog this summer while I work on it,
>and then on Lake Champlain. I plan to send 10% of the price I paid to
>Stan,
>which isn't going to thrill him since I didn't pay much, and in Canadian
>dollars, but seems the right thing to do anyway. I'm not sure what I'll be
>able to afford to buy from General Boats, given the current exchange rates
>and my own budget. But it will be my first stop when I go shopping.
>
>So that's me and Patience, slowly emerging from the melting snow. I have
>about six million questions but will try not to test your patience. I
>can't
>download any attachments with "Old Nabble" in the address, and if anyone
>could enlighten me I will continue to scour the archives for answers.
>
>Jefferson Lewis  
>
>
>
>
>
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