[Rhodes22-list] The Website and The List

[Eric Smith]

Tom, 

I strongly recommend a recycled boat from Stan. I have a 1995, purchased in 2004 once she was recycled. Then she was fully renovated again by GB in 2016. Never have had a single problem 

Learned to sail  on a 42 foot Morgan back in the late ‘70’s and wouldn’t trade my Rhodes for it, even with the extra 20 feet. 

Eric Smith
Red Mistress

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> On Jul 8, 2020, at 5:09 PM, Tom Van Heule <tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> 
> 
> -- 
> Tom Van Heule
> Intrinsic Programs
> tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com
> +1 303 525 5266