[Rhodes22-list] Congrats, Rik!

[Ronald Lipton]

I work at the site in Illinois (Fermilab) where they are sending signals
(neutrinos) to Sudan.  I did not know that it was so close to good sailing.
Now I have a reason to try to take a trip up there.  Finding an excuse
might not be so easy as I work on a different project. Perhaps they will
need a review next summer ...

Ron Lipton
Empress of Blandings
Monroe Harbor/Trail Creek

> Julie,
>
> We had fully intended to take our R22 up to the Apostles at the first
> opportunity. We would put in right at Bayfield or close around there
> though. I think the R22 would do a fine job within the area of the
islands.
> You can sail for many, many miles in that area and really not see much of
> the effects of the big lake outside.
>
> Rik
>
>
>
>
> At 09:00 PM 12/17/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> >Rummy,
> >The Tower-Sudan mine is about two miles from a cabin that our sailing
club
> >goes to every year on Lake Vermilion. Some of the participants did the
tour
> >this year and found out that the mine is now participating in some
> >scientific study where they are sending signals through the ground to
> >another site in Illinois. I haven't gotten up the nerve to go on the tour
> >myself - not sure if claustrophobia will hit and I've been told that the
> >trip down is a bit like being locked into a very small box. We'll be
there
> >again in June (with our newly recycled Rhodes) and maybe I'll give it a
try.
> >
> >Rik,
> >We moved a friends Alberg 38 from the Apostles to Barker's Island Marina
a
> >year ago at the end of the season. It's about 85 nautical miles, if I
> >remember correctly. Had to make an emergency overnight at Cornucopia when
> >our engine died and the wind dropped to nothing. Pretty rare to see Lake
> >Superior completely flat but when Murphy decides to show up, anything can
> >happen. The wind came up just slightly (after an hour) and I was tasked
to
> >sail into the dog-legged harbour - this is a boat with a 3/4 keel -
> >responsiveness is definately not the same as a fin keel. At the last
minute
> >the marina finely responded to our hails and sent out a boat to tow us in
so
> >I did not get the chance to test my 'sailing' skills!
> >
> >The Apostles are one of the places that we intend to sail the Rhodes. We
> >have friends that take their Montgomery 17 there so I figure we should be
> >able to handle it with more weight and length. If not, we know that we'll
be
> >invited back on the Alberg - they dock their boat during the season at
the
> >city dock in Bayfield.
> >
> >I've ignored my present wrapping as long as possible - thanks for the
> >diversion!
> >Julie
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <SandyPawsR22@AOL.COM>
> >To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> >Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 8:25 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Congrats, Rik!
> >
> >
> > > I can't believe I actually remembered the place. It's probably been
close
> >to
> > > fifteen years since we've been there. I think the last time we stopped
in
> > > there was when we did the circle tour of Lake Superior on our way up
to
> > > Thunder Bay........or maybe it was when we went skiing at Lutsen. We
have
> > > many fond memories of that part of the country.
> > > We also did the tour of the Tower-Sudan mine. It's the only museum
with a
> > > mine where you actually go below ground several thousand feet. Now
that
> >was
> > > interesting.
> > >
> > > Rummy
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