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

[Chris Geankoplis]

I like the 125% which I had for many years, I currently have a 135% but
then there is often very light air where I sail.  Handling is no problem at
all.

Chris G.
Enosis I

On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 1:37 PM Reuben Mezrich <reuben.mezrich at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
> >>
>