[Rhodes22-list] Bulb Keel

Wally Buck tnrhodey at hotmail.com
Mon Feb 2 14:08:17 EST 2004


Thanks for the rest of the story...

Wally


>From: Michael Meltzer <mjm at michaelmeltzer.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] Bulb Keel
>Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 13:33:14 -0500
>
>here the story as I know it and I do not know if I have all the details, 
>got it from some quickly phone calls.
>
>1)Monday night/Tuesday mooring, Eltion was moving boat north for the boat 
>show, the seaward26 in this case. remember he needs to
>take two boats to Chicago(the rhodes22 was already propositioned 60 miles 
>from the show), The "working under time pruesser" is what
>got him, at least in my option, A bad thing to do with sailboats :-)
>
>2)That was the night of the storm, about 120 miles north of the plant on 
>295, going 50 mph(claims everyone was passing him). road
>were dry, so into a turn near a exit ramp and hits black ice(My option he 
>drove into the frezing rain part of the storm but that
>20/20 hind sight, 120 miles south on the coast the road might have been 
>fine when he left the plant, my option.
>
>3)jackknife, boat trailer/van go spinning, his van loose the running board, 
>trailer looks like it smashed into the side of the van,
>trailer very bent up, fount coupler and bar bent to hell, trailer messed up 
>where is meet the van. boat is flung from the
>trailer(remember he in the right lane, boat ends up in the center strip, 
>2-3 lane wide road), lands on the keel. Their was some snow
>that protected the finish form "road rash" and the only damage is the lead 
>bulb came off where is landed on it(BTW about 400 pounds
>on the 1200 of bassist), not bad at all considering, no crack, no buckheads 
>broken, no hull broken/cracked,  mast hardware fine
>etc..., bottom line the boat came thought fine and better than could be 
>expected.
>
>4)"Eltion is Fucked time", Think what you would do:-) it is not pretty, in 
>the middle of nowhere, van  smashed, trailer smashed,
>boat on the side of the road, alot of money invested in a boat and a boat 
>show. Lots of money flowing to make things happen, OK gets
>the trailer into a weild shop and they fix up it up along with the van. 
>thats tuesday. gets a hold craine services for wednesday
>morring to get the boat on the trailer, but they need to close 295 to do 
>it, calls the cops at first they where delaying for a few
>days then he told them he is getting the boat on the side of the road, "You 
>are the boat man", apparently he is famious that every
>cop known the story on that strech of highway. He tells them about the boat 
>show and they let him use the crane 900am.
>
>5)late and behind time he makes it to the show, but turnes it into a great 
>marketing optiunity to show how strong the boat is, got
>to love the guy.
>
>MJM
>
>I am sure thier move but he have fill you in.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Wally Buck" <tnrhodey at hotmail.com>
>To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 10:15 AM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bulb Keel
>
>
> > So what the heck happened?  Everyone is OK right?
> >
> > Wally
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: Michael Meltzer <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
> > >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >To: kroposki at innova.net,The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > ><rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bulb Keel
> > >Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 15:05:54 -0500
> > >
> > >I heard stan make a quote, "I guest we should use straps" :-), I not 
>shore
> > >it would have made a difference in this case, I waiting
> > >for the pictures but the trailer got turned into a pretzel, spent a day 
>in
> > >the weild shop being rebuilt. The boat would have simply
> > >rolled with it attached and then broken apart, maybe sending a beam 
>thought
> > >the hull, happened before.
> > >
> > >MJM
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Kroposki" <kroposki at innova.net>
> > >To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 9:53 AM
> > >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Bulb Keel
> > >
> > >
> > > > Didn't we have a discussion about the durability of the Bulb Keel
> > > > recently?
> > > >
> > > > And I think back, it was Elton who told me that I did not need cross
> > > > boat tie down straps when I got my boat.  Humm?  Would a strap 
>across
> > > > the cockpit have been worth the twenty bucks it cost?
> > > >
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  _/) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > >                                      Ed K
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > > > [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Ronald 
>Lipton
> > > > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 9:42 AM
> > > > To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > > > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Elton's excellant adventure
> > > >
> > > > Both the Seaward and the Rhodes 22 are being offered at a $2000
> > > > discount at the show.  Given what happend the Seaward is in 
>remarkable
> > > > shape
> > > > with the exception of the bulb keel, which did not survive the 70 
>mph
> > > > "grounding".
> > > >
> > > > Ron Lipton
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Wally Buck" <tnrhodey at hotmail.com>
> > > > To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 7:53 AM
> > > > Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Elton's excellant adventure
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Maybe GB will have a scratch and dent sail, er I mean sale .....
> > > > >
> > > > > Wally
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >From: "keith burkhardt" <mkburk at adelphia.net>
> > > > > >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > > > >To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > > > >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Elton's excellant adventure
> > > > > >Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 22:03:57 -0500
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I just got back from the  chi boat show...Elton had  the Seaward 
>in
> > > > tow
> > > > and
> > > > > >it slipped offf the trailer ,,,He has great pics of this 
>adventure
> > > > and
> > > > was
> > > > > >able to reload the boat abd got it into the show today...I looked 
>at
> > > > the
> > > > > >Seaward and there appears very little damage...It was the talk of 
>the
> > > > show
> > > > > >and many folks visited the area..reagards keith
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