[Rhodes22-list] Almost new Rhodes Owner from Canada - Arizona sailing?

[Steve Alm]

Hi Dave, and welcome to the Rhodes list.  I used to travel a lot with a rock
band years ago and visited Calgary twice.  Once during the Stampede - major
fun!  And another time when I got to go skiing at the Lake Louise ski
resort.  Awesome!  Will you be sailing on Lake Louise?  It's hard to imagine
a more spectacular area.  I'm in Minnesota, so our sailing season's not much
longer than yours if at all.  We're pulling our boat out for the season this
week, so I'm already bummin'.

Glad to have you aboard,

Slim
S/V Fandango

On 10/12/04 3:50 PM, "Dave Dallas" <Dallas.Dave at spartancontrols.com> wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> I just wanted to introduce myself.  My name is David Dallas and I am from
> Calgary, Alberta Canada.  I used to dinghy sail years ago then stopped when
> my kids were born.  This past summer the sailing bug was biting yet again -
> this time my wife agreed that 'it was time' and we could look at a boat.
> Long story short, we went from looking at 14-16 foot dinghys to pocket
> cruisers (with the associated increase in cost!).  We both fell in love with
> the looks, features and safety aspect of the Rhodes 22.  The passionate and
> devoted owners on this list, and General Boats 'in general' and Stan 'in
> particular' were also factors.  The only problem was seeing one, sailing
> one, then getting one to western Canada!  Stan was extremely helpful and
> through an amazing coincidence, there was a local owner who had recently
> purchased a Rhodes but was unable to sail it.  We were able to have a look
> this summer (though not a sail) and put a down payment on the boat.   I am
> now saving every cent I can in order to make the final payment next spring,
> when we will get to sail the boat.  I have been lurking on this forum for a
> couple of months, and have my rhodes binder with all the information from
> Stan's website to get me through the winter.  I hope to become more active
> on the 'list' as I get closer to owning my Rhodes.
> 
> I am going to Arizona (Scotsdale) tomorrow for meetings and will be there
> throughout the weekend.  There seems to be a lovely lake, Lake Pleasant,
> about 45mins away.  I have Saturday afternoon, Oct 16th free and was hoping
> to get to sail (the season in Canada is a little shorter than the Southern
> US).  Could anyone provide me with information on boat rentals there?  There
> didn't seem to be any info on this on the website.  Or, if any of the list
> sails out of Lake Pleasant and wouldn't mind taking an eager and almost new
> sailor for an afternoon on their Rhodes, I will buy the lunch/beverages
> (your choice!).  
> 
> Thanks for reading.   I look forward to becoming part of this list.  My
> email is dedallas at telus.net
> 
> David Dallas
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