[Rhodes22-list] Re: Rhodes wanabes and List Lurkers

[Roger Pihlaja]

Ben,

Like the Walgreen's commercials say, "In a perfect world..."  But, even when
I was making $K90+/year as an engineer, there were other priorities like
saving for retirement, paying off my house, saving for my kid's college,
etc. that precluded the expense of simply going out and buying a new or
recycled Rhodes 22.  We all make choices in our lives.  I bought an older
Rhodes 22, worked on it, my sons grew up with the boat, & we've had a lot of
wonderful adventures with it.  I suspect all these project boats have more
to do with limited family resources than a desire to rebuild a boat.  Yet,
they all want to go sailing someday.  If the boat can be a family project
along the way; then, so much the better.  Forgive me sir; but, for you to
recommend to these folks that they should go & buy a recycled Rhodes 22 and
then satisfy their desire to work on a boat by building something like an
epoxy cedar strip canoe in their garage strikes me as incredibly
insensitive.  Good grief man, can't you read between the lines & see what's
going on here?

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Schultz" <benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com>
To: "cjlowe" <cjlowe at bright.net>; "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
<rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Cc: "stan" <stan at rhodes22.com>
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Re: Rhodes wanabes and List Lurkers


> Here's my advice to would-be boat builders:  First, get a recycled
> Rhodes.  It's true that you want a sailboa to sail.  Second, pick
> another boat that you might like to have, buy some plans, clear out some
> garage space, and start working on it.  I've got the shell of a cedar
> strip canoe hogging the space in my one-car garage, much to the
> admiral's display.  It gives me something to do at night when I'm not in
> the mood to sit around the house or be around people.  It gives me great
> pleasure to head out to the garage, light a cigar, fix a drink, and go
> connect some wood or sand a surface smooth.  In fact, if I ween't
> waiting on an order of fiberglass cloth, I would probably be out there
now.
>
> The beauty of this is that there is no hurry or stress related to the
> project boat.  When I get busy at work or with a household project, the
> canoe might go untouched for a couple of months.  In fact, I started
> cutting out the molds almost two years ago.  It's a fun hobby.  In fact,
> it makes me envy Stan, getting to build boats all day.  I guess every
> man's hobby is someone else's job.
>
> Give it a whirl,
> Ben
>
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