[Rhodes22-list] To Karl about Rhodes 22's

[Lou Rosenberg]

  Ed K,
  Thanks for the praise, but I m  just another Rhodie wanna be with a 
boat that needs ;
  Rewiring
  Re plumbing
  a new coat of deck paint
  Mast overhaul
  a new motor mount
  new bunks in my old Triad trailer.
  a bow pulpit
  new sails
  the accessorie list is longer..

  Most of these things any Rhodie on this list knows how to do, or has 
done already.
  I will be shooting and resizing photos soon enough of the CB renewal 
project I spent the last year doing.  I hope that it will fit into 
the R22 Archives for others who think that a destroyed
CB trunk means death to the boat.  It doesn't.  Even the older R22's 
like my 1981, were built strong enough to last a very long time, even 
with a moderate amount of abuse.  Many boats cannot make the same 
claim.


btw: Stan was right in his first advice to me saying I would end up 
spending about 10grand
  on the boat before I launched her.  That 10G figure is as close to 
the figure I approximated recently using online suppliers and OEM 
suppliers that I have found through this list.
  safe sailing everyone!

  Lou
  s/v "Miracles"
  Gateway Yard, Brooklyn



>Karl,
>	Read the fine print and multiple meanings.  Stan does what are
>called recycled boats.  Where he buys back used boats and depending on
>condition rebuilds them.  Have you given Stan your budget? 
>	Stan also brokers used Rhodes 22's.  Those are generally of two
>types.  First where the seller wants more for the boat than Stan can make
>any money off it recycling or the boat is pre mid 1980's where Stan did not
>control all of the manufacture of the hull's. 
>	In regards to Rhodes 22's for sale on this list or anywhere else for
>that matter, you will occasionally find one.  Some years there are more than
>others.  Most often, but not always you find project boats.  Ask Lou about
>his low budget project.  Now that he worked himself into expert boat
>rebuilder status, maybe he will open his own boat reconditioning business in
>of all places, Brooklyn, New York.
>	In your brief replies to this list, you have not let the cat out of
>the bag regarding how much you are willing to spend, other than a sharp
>retort to the cost of a new boat.  Furthermore, you have not clued us in as
>to your experience either in sailing or rebuilding boats. 
>	So you moved to Connecticut and want to go sailing? 
>
>Ed K
>Greenville, SC, USA
>Addendum:  "There are only two colors to paint a boat, black or white, and
>only a fool would paint a boat black" Nathaniel G. Herreshoff
>
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