[Rhodes22-list] Bulb Keel

Glen & Dorene Barrera dbarrera at comcast.net
Mon Feb 2 20:49:39 EST 2004 

Michael and All;

"Got to love the guy" is right on. We were there on Sat. at S/S in Chgo. The
boats looked good! If you didn't see the picture board, with the typed inset
which started, "A funny thing happened on the way from North Carolina to
Chgo..." you wouldn't know there was anything up with Elton or the boat (had
to look under the stern to see the dings). Elton was at his usual which is
pretty laid back and non chalant. He had a great "crew" with him. Bob and
Kathy Quinn who came up from temperate weather in Flordia (ask them about
the weather change), cleaned up the Rhodes, and with Dave from Seaward,
raised the mast and cleaned up the 26 Seaward. Very nice job! Bob and Kathy,
Elton and Dave were working the boats the entire day, which at most times
was non-stop. Dorene and I made some "cushion runs" with Elton out to the
van, which had gotten pretty banged up from the accident. The day ended up
with a dinner at "Joes Bebop" at Navy Pier with Elton from NC, Bob and Kathy
from Fl, Julie and  Dan who came in from Mn., Jerry and Carol who came in
from Oh.  and Dorene and I, Ron and Becky, Bob and Debby, from spitting
distance. All Rhodes owners and (as expected) a good group!

Glen and Dorene

P.S. also looking at the 26.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Meltzer" <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bulb Keel


> 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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