Fw: [Rhodes22-list] Open Invitation

Peter Thorn pthorn at nc.rr.com
Fri Jun 10 13:56:44 EDT 2005


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Thorn" <pthorn at nc.rr.com>
To: "William E. Wickman" <wewickman at duke-energy.com>
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Open Invitation


> Bill W,
>
> Wonderful!  Look forward to seeing you in September.
>
> Just saw your derigging photo of the Oriental Wildlife ramp.  The area in
> the background, just at the tow of the bridge berm slope, is soon to be
> covered with expensive condos.  This is not good news for small boat
> sailors.
>
> The "Oriental Sailing Social", a one-design small boat regatta
traditionally
> held at that Wilfdlife ramp the weekend after July 4th, has been
cancelled,
> probably permanently.  As a result of that condo development, there is no
> longer anyplace for the 40 or so trailers and cars to park.  No parking,
no
> sailboat race!
>
> The "Edenton Bay Challenge", another one-design regatta, is taking up the
> slack.  The Edenton Tourism Bureau actually likes the idea of having
> picturesque small boat regattas, so they are quite welcoming to out of
town
> sailors.
>
> This would be a good time and place for a Rhodes 22 gathering as well,
July
> 9-10.  The Edenton Bay Challenge organizers invited R22 folks to eat with
> them Saturday night under the big tent.  Racing would be optional.
>
> So, there's another opportunity for a Rhodes 22 get together.  I plan to
be
> racing my Tanzer that weekend, but it woud be nice to meet a few Rhodies
for
> real.
>
> PT
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "William E. Wickman" <wewickman at duke-energy.com>
> To: "Peter Thorn" <pthorn at nc.rr.com>; "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 11:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Open Invitation
>
>
> >
> > I've got my calendar marked.  Keep us posted as you float plan develops.
> > Maybe we could even talk Stan into taking a vacation and coming with us!
> >
> > Bill W.
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> > Bill W et al,
> >
> > Would you like to join us over Labor Day sailing from Oriental to
> Ocracoke?
> > So far, our small fleet includes R22 "Raven" and Lawrence Miller's
Tanzer
> > 26
> > "XKE", slipped at Whitaker Creek, Oriental.  The date is all that's
> planned
> > so far and the more the merrier.
> >
> > Any interested Rhodies~  come on down (up, across, whatever)!  All plans
> > are
> > subject to the weather.
> >
> > PT
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "William E. Wickman" <wewickman at duke-energy.com>
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 10:39 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bill W's new destination
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I'd love to take Wally, but my car will be jamed with three kids and a
> > > wife.
> > >
> > > OK to prove it to you, I have attached a picture of the Cape Lookout
> > > lighthouse.  And one of our neighbor at the anchorage.  And one of the
> > > lanuch ramp in Oriental (note the sunken sailboat across the channel).
> > And
> > > a few others.  Note the missing anchor off the bow pulpit (I lost it
> > > earlier that day in rough seas) and the beautiful blue skies in the
> > > derigging photo.  It is amazing how rapidly and extreme the weather
can
> > > change in the Outer Banks.
> > >
> > > I actually took a bunch of pictures the first couple of days, but
didn't
> > > want to overload the listserve.
> > >
> > > I would really like to take another trip out there sometime, and its
not
> > > just about getting back on the horse I fell off of.  It is really
> > > beautiful.  On my redo, if I take the family, I would trailer to
> Beaufort
> > > and sail to Cape Lookout and sail the local area for a couple of days.
> > Or,
> > > for a longer venue, I would go back to Oriental and sail to Ocracoke,
> and
> > > then out of Ocracoke inlet (if conditions were right) and down the
coast
> > to
> > > Cape Lookout.  I think that sailing out of Ocracoke inlet from the
> inside
> > > would be less daunting because you have more options for turning back
if
> > it
> > > looks bad than if you sail all the way up the coast.
> > >
> > > Bill W.
> > >
> > > (See attached file: orientalramp.jpg)(See attached file:
> > > USCG_capelookout.jpg)(See attached file: lighthousesunrise.jpg)(See
> > > attached file: beaufort_inlet.jpg)(See attached file:
> > > oriental_derigging.jpg)
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > Bill:
> > >              Too bad you can not take Wally with you.  He has been
> > wanting
> > > to
> > > that area for several years.
> > >              I presume that you had a digital camera for your trip to
> the
> > > outer
> > > banks.  Does it take memory chips?  For about $30 you can get another
> > one.
> > > Very few pictures of your last trip.  Oh, you need to get a tiller
tamer
> > to
> > > free your hands?
> > >              I did check back thru the pictures you sent, and I never
> saw
> > > the
> > > Cape Lookout Light house.  I am wondering if you fudged that segment
of
> > the
> > > episode.  Document your locations with pictures that we can verify.
> > > Beaufort was quite accurate.  You did have the Harbor Masters quarters
> in
> > > one picture.
> > >              In the past there was a R22 in Mobile, but I believe it
was
> > > sold.
> > > As far as I can tell there is no one on the list currently familiar
with
> > > the
> > > coast in that area.  So, the rest of the US and Canada will be waiting
> > for
> > > your reports.
> > > +
> > > Ed K
> > > Greenville, SC, USA
> > > Look here, they have screened in Lulu's:
> > > www.liveeyenet.com/lulus/
> > > Go to Panama City and stop there.  Give your business buddies some
> > > atmosphere. Sit a table in camera view.  Let us know when you will be
> > > there.
> > > Get somebody to do a screen picture capture.  The place is on the ICW.
I
> > > guess they are trying to control the bugs (no see ums).
> > >
> > >
> > >
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