[Rhodes22-list] Favorite cruising areas KY Lake

[anima13]

Rummy,
Back when you asked that question I was not at all enamored with
my big boat. I wanted my Rhodes back SOOOO badly!
I had tons of projects...getting off the Polyglo that was 2 years old was
the
seemingly insurmountable task at the time. I was moderately intimidated
about
taking it out alone, etc. In short I was very discouraged.
However, the boat looks glamorous now after lots of compound buffing and
double
wax layers. Toilet is fixed. Stove and sink and all outside stainless shiny.
I have worked myself to the bone. (meanwhile, my house is filthy with piles
of stuff everywhere)
I have taken her out alone a few times and anchored and pulled anchor alone.
(No windlass(()
Stay out overnight alone...nothing like waking up to coffee and a book and
swinging at
anchor with NO houses for miles.
I have lazy jacks and auto-pilot so I can lock her into the wind and raise,
lower the new
mainsail. Was not sure I would like them and my racing partner bitched all
winter about how he hates
lazyjacks. He and I went out one afternoon and flew around the lake in big
wind. When it came time
to lower the sail I made him do it. He started out with ...gee, I kinda like
these lazyjacks..them pretty soon
he is yelling at the top of his lungs..."I LOVE these lazyjacks!"
We have raced her. We are all tiller folks so having trouble with the fact
that you have to
tack this pig slower than our other racing boats. (one of our team members
calls my boat "the pig".
We pulled a very ballsy move on the two
35.5's who are the 1 & 2 boats in this class...on port we slipped in between
them last week.
I had been sailing the pig enough that I just KNEW we could make it...but
man, it was less than
2 feet from the anchor of the oncoming boat.
I am chairman of the 100 mile race and we are the committee boat, so in
April we were at anchor in the
middle of the lake with cold north wind howling for 27 hours. We were VERY
comfortable. Played cards with
the sun coming in all over. (The boat has great windows and is a medium
light teak with stone cushions, thus,
very pleasant inside. I detest the dark cave-look that some interiors
become.
This is the first friday since the first of April that I have not spent on
the boat.
I had a business dinner last night (((. It does have AC but you must be at
dock for that. I am not a big fan
of AC and would prefer to be out in a cove, but it gets hot and heavy here
in July and august.
So, in summary, I an now liking my bigger boat. I just wish I could have
afforded to keep the Rhodes for those
1.5-2 hour sails I used to take regularly.
Anne

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Anne,
So tell us, is bigger better? Just wondering how you like the new  boat?

Rummy
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