[Rhodes22-list] The Website and The List

[Tom Van Heule]

Its great Peter, Feeling welcome already.

We are in 53058 and will be inland (dry sailing i think, trying to locate a
slip/moore/etc in the middle of summer.....) with Lake Michigan for
weekend/week cruises.
I happened upon the R22 from a suggestion my Aunt made on our boat hunt
(she ran a sailing beach in Chicago for ... 30+ years) she said, oh look at
the CAL 20, look at the Rainbow17?, look at the Rhodes 19.   I knew I
wanted something over 20ft (need comfy space for the family) and saw the
22.... it was pretty much a done deal.

But there was a problem, there was NO bad press about them.  Understanding
that sailboats are not cars and washing machines, I didn't expect TONs, but
there must be something.   Then I came to realize just how special this
boat really is - the history - the community - just wow.  And who doesn't
like exclusive things?! (oh, right; its possible to find parts for mass
produced things)   Anyways, I am here now and ready most of Junes
discussions already - I see the extensive archive on Rhodes22.org (IIRC).

I have been emailing with Stan back and forth over the last weeks and I am
going for a recycled boat.   I don't see why I wouldn't buy one from him? I
have seen some project boats on the private market, but their trailers were
neglected...

My fingers move like wind - so I AM sorry for bending your ear back;)

Best,
Tom




On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 3:22 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> Tom,
>
> Glad you found us.
>
> People are probably curious about your search for a Rhodes 22.   Have you
> considered a recycled boat?  Have you been in contact with General Boats?
> Where are you located, and what kind of sailing are you planning on doing?
>
> You probably have questions about the Rhodes 22 as well.  Whatever the
> question is, it’s probably been asked and answered at least a dozen times
> before, but go ahead and ask anyway.  If we limited our discussions to
> topics that have never been mentioned before, well, we’d have almost
> nothing to talk about at all.
>
>  Nabble does provide a nice interface for searching the archives, but
> there are a couple of Nabble related issues you should be aware of:
>
> 1)  Nabble searches its archives, not our archives.  And, its archives are
> not complete.  The first message on the list was posted in July of 2002.
> Nabble’s archive appears to only go back to January of 2006 (with the
> exception of a single message from 2004, for some reason).
>
> 2) If you post a message with an attachment to the list using the Nabble
> interface, Nabble keeps the attachment and inserts a link to it in the body
> of the message.  The problem is that Nabble has on at least one occasion
> reorganized its directory structure for storing attachments, breaking the
> attachment links in all prior messages.  So many attachments in archived
> messages are lost to us forever.
>
> So, best practice is to post directly to the list, especially for messages
> with attachments.  Unfortunately, the list-server software (Mailman ?)
> doesn’t like the way that the Mac email client formats messages with
> attachments, and the attachments end up getting stripped out.  As a Mac
> user, on the rare occasion when I want to send a message with an
> attachment, I use a web mail client interface provided by the web-hosting
> service I use for sunnybeeches.com.
>
> Anyway, sorry to bend your ear, and welcome to the list.
>
> —Peter
>
>
> > On Jul 8, 2020, at 10:43 AM, Tom Van Heule <
> tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:
> >
> > I had some plans once I found a boat to offer this - I am in IT by trade,
> > and we need SSL certs with all of our personal contact info floating
> > around.
> > I also found http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/  is actually usable
> > for past reading of these archives.
> >
> > I have a place to host everything (servers in a datacenter)  great topic!
> >
> > Tom
> > --
> > Tom Van Heule
> > Intrinsic Programs
> > tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com
> > +1 303 525 5266
>
>

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Tom Van Heule
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