[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes 22 in St. Maarten

[ROGER PIHLAJA]

Mike,

The 2nd thru hull is probably a direct marine head sewage discharge!  These have been illegal in US waters for as long as I can remember.  However, they are still OK in much of the 3rd world and in international waters.  Because of this direct sewage discharge, I wonder if this Rhodes spent all its life in St. Maarten.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium 

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> On Jan 6, 2022, at 1:40 PM, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:
> 
> I volunteer to return to St. Maarten to properly photograph the Rhodes.
> Let's see .... how does one create a go fund me site?
> 
> Mike
> s/v Wind Lass ('91)
> Nissequogue River, NY
> I'd rather be sailing :~)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of ROGER
> PIHLAJA
> Sent: Wednesday, January 5, 2022 6:34 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rhodes 22 in St. Maarten
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
> It's too bad you couldn't get a hull number off the transom.  Although the
> authorities could get an owner's name & address by running the W/C
> registration number thru their data base, unless you have some juice in the
> St. Maarten police dept., there's not much info there.  It's interesting
> there is no expiration year tab stuck to the hull following the W/C
> registration number.  Maybe they don't do that in St. Maarten.  But, then,
> how do they collect their watercraft use taxes?
> 
> It's obviously a standard mainsail rig, plus someone has added a Bimini top
> and upgraded the roller furler.  It also looks like there is some sort of
> folded down dodger on the cabin roof.  That would make a lot of sense for
> ocean sailing.   As a Great Lakes sailor, I'd love to see more details on
> that dodger!  It's got the old style cable style mainsail traveler.  I'm
> guessing this is a fairly early Rhodes Continental - mid to late 1970's.
> 
> I bet there is an interesting story behind how that boat came to be in St.
> Maarten.
> 
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> 
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> To: 'The Rhodes 22 Email List'<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Rhodes 22 in St. Maarten
> 
> My wife and I were kayaking in St. Maarten on December 16, 2021 while on a
> shore excursion from a Royal Caribbean cruise. We couldn't believe that our
> guide took us right past a nicely maintained Rhodes 22, registration
> SX2871PC. We stopped for pictures (attached). We did not have time to circle
> the Rhodes to see if there was a name on the transom.
> 
> 
> 
> Does anyone know who she belongs to?
> 
> 
> 
> Mike
> 
> s/v Wind Lass ('91)
> 
> Nissequogue River, NY
> 
> I'd rather be sailing :~)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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