[Rhodes22-list] Questions galore

[Bud]

John,
  I am a little more than an hour away, over in Melbourne.  You can take 
a look at my boat to see
how the rigging is laid out.  Also, there are several Rhodes owners 
south of Tampa as well.

-Bud Connor

johnp wrote:

>Hope you don't mind but I want to get my boat ready for Labor day weekend
>trip and just overall repairs. I live in central Florida (Disney) and will
>be heading over to the west coast/ gulf area to possibly take a one mile
>trip to Aclove Key State Park. Mother-in-law will be aboard and well she's
>.....
>
>It will be the longest voyage to date even though the lake I normally sail
>on is two miles across and five miles end to end and I've been all over it.
>(gettin the picture)
>
>Needless to say, I want to get this thing in tip top shape functionally and
>could use all the help I can get. It's a 1970 with no furling. I recently
>purchased a force 5 dinghy and got some ideas from it as to running rigging
>to the cockpit but need some input from those of you that have done it with
>an older Rhodes22. So I will be posting a ton of questions but will be
>somewhat seperating them by subject so it doesn't become too much of a
>subject matter mess. Thanks in advance for all you're help.
>
>BTW: The lake I sail on is connected to three other lakes by canals. Quite a
>bit of interlake travel on Independence Day weekend. You should have seen
>the dropped jaws as My Wife and I and our two Toddlers motored to the next
>lake to enjoy the fireworks. 
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