[Rhodes22-list] Permission to come aboard?

[The Rhodes 22 Email List]

Mike:  True words: 'Just like its builder."  I don't believe that in this life you will meet a greater family than the Spitzer's.  True Americans!

Bob in Florida on the "NoKaOi 3"



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> On Mar 28, 2015, at 11:21 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> 
> Antique value?  Just like its builder.
> 
> Mike
> s/v Windlass ('91)
> Nissequogue River, NY
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of The Rhodes 22 Email
> List
> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2015 11:15 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Permission to come aboard?
> 
> from stan
> 
> Thanks for the beautiful history, Jefferson.  In this business it has never
> been the dollar (US or Canadian) that counts - just the thought..
> 
> your boat may have great antique value soon.
> 
> ss
> 
> 
> 
>> On 3/28/15 10:21 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List wrote:
>> 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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