[Rhodes22-list] Awful quiet on the list.

Mon Oct 27 17:20:47 EST 2003

I will post some pics soon. It really is a cool place. My buddy is really 
into thinking "green" and has been running his cabin off solar power for 
over 20 years.

And he loves to sail his wooden Sharpie and his Sea Pearl ketch.

Wally

>From: "Peter Thorn" <pthorn at nc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Awful quiet on the list.
>Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:06:21 -0500
>
>Wally,
>
>Sounds like you've passed to Nirvana.  That cabin sounds better than 
>sailing
>on clear October day 10-15 steady from the SW!
>
>PT
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Wally Buck" <tnrhodey at hotmail.com>
>To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 10:31 AM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Awful quiet on the list.
>
>
> > Now I am really glad I don't have to pull my boat for the winter. We are
> > having some great sailing weather. This last week end we spent in the
> > mountains at a friends cabin. His whole cabin runs on 12 volt system
>powered
> > by solar panels. He has 2 6-volt Trojan batteries. Great views and 
>colors
> > are almost peak. He also has a wood buring hot tub.
> >
> > The first weekend I haven't gone sailing in almost 4 months!
> >
> > Wally
> >
> > >From: Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com>
> > >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >To: Rhodes <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Awful quiet on the list.
> > >Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 00:20:19 -0600
> > >
> > >Rummy,
> > >
> > >Good call. That's exactly what I was doing today--hauling out the 
>fleet:
> > >The Rhodes, the pontoon, Prindle cat, Lazar, a fishing boat and the 
>dock.
> > >
> > >The day was cursed from the beginning.  Everything that could go wrong,
> > >did.
> > >First, I got up at the crack of noon (you know I'm not a morning 
>person)
> > >only to discover that my Rhodes trailer had been towed away from the
>front
> > >of my house.  Apparently, there's an ordinance about "unattended"
>trailers
> > >that I was unaware of.  I know, I know, ignorance of the law is no
>excuse,
> > >but shit, man, it was towed YESTERDAY--the day before I needed it.  
>It's
> > >been parked there for two months. I guess this is the "fall clean-up."
>Two
> > >hours and $187 later, after getting lost looking for the damn impound
>lot,
> > >I
> > >arrived at the lake.
> > >
> > >First, we took out the pontoon with a rented trailer.  It's an easy job
>but
> > >the boat ramp was crowded and I had to wait in line for 45 minutes.  I
>hate
> > >Sundays on lake Minnetonka!
> > >
> > >Then we went for the Rhodes and took down the mast at the dock.  
>Missing
> > >tools and hardware made that a full hour job.  By now, we were losing 
>our
> > >daylight and we only had one boat out.  We took a very chilly boat ride
>to
> > >the ramp (last Sunday, it was warm and beautiful, but no wind for
>sailing)
> > >and by the time we got there it was dark.  I'm a pretty good
> > >trailer-backer,
> > >but in the dark, it's a struggle.  I have the typical musician's van 
>with
> > >no
> > >rear or side windows (shaggin' wagon) and I had a terrible time seeing
>what
> > >I was doing.  We finally got the boat on the trailer, and as we were
> > >pulling
> > >out, I discovered that I had not shut off the motor!  So, I'm panicking
> > >because it's out of the water, and I make an olympic gymnastics move 
>from
> > >the driver's seat, through the back of the van and out the rear doors,
> > >tight-roped across the tongue (extended) and flipped myself onto the 
>bow
> > >and
> > >tumbled back to the cockpit to kill the motor.  It was then that I
> > >discovered that not one, but BOTH up-haul AND down-haul rudder lines 
>had
> > >just broke and we were dragging the rudder on the cement.  As I 
>struggled
> > >to
> > >get the rudder up, of course, it came out of the gudgeons and fell in 
>the
> > >water.  Christ Almighty!  Why have You forsaken me?
> > >
> > >After recovering the tiller/rudder, we pulled the boat out of the water
>and
> > >towed it home with the four-way flashers on the whole way because the
>night
> > >lights on the trailer didn't work.
> > >
> > >So now we're pulling the boat back to Judi's (our co-owner) yard and
> > >backing
> > >it into place, (and struggling in the dark, with much shouting and
> > >everybody's in a bad mood by now) and her neighbor comes out and starts
> > >bitching about where the boat is being stored--too close to their 
>house.
> > >
> > >So now we have this big argument with the neighbor.  JUST SHOOT ME!  
>The
> > >rest of the boats and the dock are still in the water and it's going to
> > >snow
> > >this week.
> > >
> > >And the Vikings lost!!!
> > >
> > >F**k me,
> > >Slim
> > >
> > >On 10/26/03 6:45 AM, "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com> 
>wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've been scratching my increasingly balding head trying to figure 
>out
> > >why
> > > > the list has been so quiet. I finally figured it out this morning. 
>All
> > >our
> > > > northern sailing friends are either scrambling to take their boats 
>out
> > >for the
> > > > season or they already have them on the hard.
> > > > I guess it's just up to us southerners to keep the chatter alive.
> > > > Ed, I hear that Yankee Clippers auto-pilot should be installed this
> > >weekend.
> > > >
> > > > Rummy
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