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Edsel Ford had nothing on Stan!!!

Stan you were so far ahead of the game no-one has caught you yet!

Bob (palatka)

> On Oct 26, 2015, at 6:13 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
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> Thanks guys, learned even more.    I noticed the advertisement shows a rectangular centerboard, sailboatdata.com shows something suspiciously like the diamondboard.    
> Wheel steering on the bulkhead!    Runabouts I've worked on from that era had cable steering with turning blocks behind the dash and on the transom.  Any guesses on this boat?   Even a windscreen option is shown.
> Did I read PP 6 right?   "Spars aluminum...  for roller reefing main" and "aluminum tube for self storing roller reefing  jib"!!!    In 1959?!   The main shows a full roach and battens on page 5.   I assume Stan got ahead of himself.   But still, a roller reefing jib had to be pretty trendy back then??   
> Convertible cockpit into a bunk.     It sounds  this was a gestation bed for many of Stan's refinements.  
> Alex
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