[Rhodes22-list] Newbie

[Mike Riter]

Hello all. I made the (long, drawn out) decision to purchase a recycled
Rhodes 22 recently and will be taking delivery of an '87 model in April.

The sv Emma B will call Athens, GA her home port (can it be called a port
with no body of water?), but will trailer with me to many of the epic areas
I travel to for work.

I'm pretty excited about this next chapter of my life. I have to give a lot
of credit for this decision to Stan (of course) who has patiently answered
about 1 million emails about his boats for me, and to Peter Nyberg. His
well thought out and edited series of videos have been a big inspiration to
me a potential solo sailor. Like Peter, I come from an avid outdoor
recreation background. I do wish I had his woodworking skills though!!

This is my first sail boat, and I anticipate making lots of newbie errors
as I learn the lines. The Emma B will be traveling with me to WI for the
summer and I plan to take a sailing course there to help limit those "oh,
crap" moments.

Looking forward to meeting some of you along the way!

Michael Riter
President, Trail Design Specialists, Inc.
Lead Instructor, Trail Master and mechanized training
mike at traildesign.com
678-410-8021