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[Ric Stott]

Welcome Tim and best to you in your endeavor for a family cruiser. 
I think a recycled boat from Stan is the perfect choice. 
Ric
Sv Dadventure
HBNY

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> On Jul 8, 2020, at 6:41 PM, Eric Smith via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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
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