[Rhodes22-list] New Boat

[Steve Alm]

Brad,
The attachments worked this time.  Great looking boat.  Looks pretty roomy
below.  Enjoy!
Slim

On 4/14/03 8:56 AM, "brad haslett" <flybrad at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Wally,
> 
> I don't know if the list is posting photos again yet
> but I'll give it a shot with this e-mail.  The new
> boat is in Baltimore and I have yet to figure out how
> to get it home.  I'd love to sail it home on its own
> bottom but I don't have the time.  On the other hand,
> we're supposed to go to China next month for three
> weeks and between SARS and United Airlines problems,
> who knows.  I'd love to be a part of the "Vols Navy"
> for at least one weekend of my life.
> 
> Brad
> --- Wally Buck <tnrhodey at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Congrats Brad!
>> 
>> Bring it on up to Knoxville!
>> 
>> Wally
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> From: brad haslett <flybrad at yahoo.com>
>>> Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
>> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] New Boat
>>> Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 18:08:12 -0700 (PDT)
>>> 
>>> True confession time!  I've been working on a deal
>> for
>>> another boat for some time and its close enough to
>>> being a done deal to come clean.  I bought a 9.2C
>>> (30ft) S2 Center Cockpit.  The short version of a
>> long
>>> story is that after getting a slip space on
>> PickWick
>>> Lake last fall a friend of mine convinced me to
>> look
>>> at some lots near his weekend place.  My wife was
>> very
>>> much opposed to building another house (too much
>> beer
>>> drinking involved I think) and said "you bitch
>> about
>>> the work you have around here, why do you want
>> another
>>> place to take care of?".  Good point but I made my
>>> case that we need a place to spend the weekend
>> while
>>> sailing and the Rhodes22 isn't big enough for the
>>> three of us for extended stays.  "Then why don't
>> you
>>> get a bigger boat?"  Poor choice of words.  My slip
>>> will hold up to a 36 footer but I wanted to stay
>> with
>>> something I thought could be reasonably
>> single-handed
>>> and a mast height that would clear all the bridges
>> to
>>> Kentucky Lake to the North, Knoxville to the east,
>> and
>>> the last bridge at Mobile to the Gulf of Mexico.
>>> After deciding on the S2 9.2C I looked at about
>> every
>>> one on the market across the country including
>>> California.  The one I bought is at Maryland Marina
>> at
>>> Baltimore and was one of the cleanest and best
>> cared
>>> for if a bit short on "bells and whistles"  The
>> deal
>>> is done except for paperwork and Coast Guard
>>> certification and finding a boat transport company
>> to
>>> truck it.  I'm having it shipped to Kentucky Lake
>> to
>>> Anne's marina to have it re-rigged and then will
>> sail
>>> it home from there (will probably con Anne to do
>> some
>>> "shake-down" sea trials as well).  My wife assumed
>>> that I would sell the Rhodes, "you can put that
>> money
>>> against the new boat, right?".  "Oh sure, I can get
>> a
>>> radar, color GPS plotter, and an auto-pilot".  That
>>> was the end of discussion.  I have no plans to sell
>>> the R22 at this time.  The 9.2 S2 will be a bit of
>> a
>>> slug during the summer sailing months here and the
>> R22
>>> is perfect for those conditions.  I am looking for
>> a
>>> partner to pony up for another slip space.  I don't
>>> need help with the boat but I don't want to pay for
>>> two slips.  It should be a good deal for someone.
>>> Since no one has sent letter bombs to Rik or Bob
>> yet
>>> for lusting after other boats I assume I'm OK.
>>> 
>>> Brad Haslett
>>> 
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