[Rhodes22-list] Possible new/recycled Rhodes

[Richard & Elizabeth Hawko]

cjlowe:
I hear you on the ease of sailing the Rhodes. That is why I am looking at 
her. I can be out and sailing on my Alberg in about 15 minutes. That 
includes rowing my dingy out to the boat and setting up and moving under 
sail single handed.

Dick

At 08:49 PM 3/6/05, you wrote:
>Dick,
>  The Rhodes is a great boat to sail, the combination of IMF and furling
>headsail will put you out on the water twice as much as you go out now.Lets
>say your driving by the lake,look at the flag and see it streaming straight
>out,looks like about 10 kts.
>you look at your watch,you have 1.5 hours until you have to be home. On the
>Alburg, that's just about enough time to motor out,hank on the sails,tack
>once,and start putting everything back away.On the Rhodes,you give it a
>shove away from the dock,loosen the control line on the IMF,pull the outhaul
>tight and cleat it,unfurl the headsail and pick a course that will have you
>back in 86 minutes(2 min. to set the sails, 2 min. to put them away)  It
>really is that easy,everything is done from the cockpit.Reefing the main
>takes about 45 seconds,and it's not 1st reef, 2nd reef----it's 0 to100% sail
>area.
>Single handing is a dream on a Rhodes.
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