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

[Chris Cowie]

Reuben:

The smaller jib, 130, is easy to handle and seems more controllable simpler than a self-tacking jib.

Christopher P. Cowie    

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-----Original Message-----
From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of Reuben Mezrich
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2020 1:38 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rhodes 22 in the Sarasota Florida area

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
>>