[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes 22 in the Sarasota Florida area

[Reuben Mezrich]

Mark, Connie, and Chris
Thank you for reinforcing my already high opinion of the Rhodes 22
One question I have regards sail choices for single handing. Stan offers a self tacking jib, but doesn’t seem to enthusiastic about it (or perhaps I’m misinterpreting). But then I’ve read that the 110 or 125% jibs  are easy enough to tend that self tacking isn’t needed. I’d love to see that

Reuben

Reuben Mezrich
Cell: 410-499-8922

> On Jan 16, 2020, at 10:45 AM, Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ruben,
>             Like you I am a 2 boat owner, an R22 and a 38' Catalina.  The
> big boat is down here in Fl., Vero Beach, the little one in the Med.  So I
> can't give you a demo sail but I can inform you how great the R22 is.  We
> spend 6 months on the Catalina in the Bahamas and 3 months on the Rhodes.
> And I can tell you that by April we are looking forward to sailing our
> Rhodes.  I have sailed the R22 in the Bahamas too and it is a great
> Florida/Keys/Bahamas boat.  Like the IP, the Rhodes is a quality boat that
> has been improved over the many years of production.  I know of several
> Rhodes  owners on the west coast of  FL . who will probably contact you.
> Feel free to contact me if you have questions, and the list is a cornucopia
> of information that is freely given.
> 
> Chris Geankoplis
> ENOSIS  I
> 
>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 9:26 AM Reuben Mezrich <reuben.mezrich at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi
>> i'm in the process of moving to Sarasota from Baltimore, MD. I have an
>> Island Packet 380 that I keep in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore but I've
>> come to find that even with a draft of 4'6" the IP380 is too big to sail
>> around here, especially in Little Sarasota Bay. I'm not even sure I could
>> get it into what will be my new marina at Pelican Cove, Sarasota,
>> So.....I've been looking at smaller boats and after looking around and
>> especially after several conversations with Stan Spitzer I"m pretty sure
>> that a Rhodes 22 is the boat in my future.
>> While I"ve seen the Rhodes 22 at the Annapolis boat show on several
>> occasions, I"ve never actually been on her and of course have never sailed
>> one
>> So, the point of this email is to find out if there are other Rhodes 22
>> sailors in the Sarasota area (i.e. from Fort Myers to Tampa) that I could
>> talk to and perhaps take a sail before I drive up to Edonton
>> 
>> --Reuben
>> 
>> Reuben Mezrich
>> Baltimore, Inner Harbor (soon to be Pelican Cove in Sarasota)
>> Cell: 410-499-8922
>>