[Rhodes22-list] Ponchatrain Sailing Labor Day Weekend

[TN Rhodey]

Ben - Glad to here the trip went well. We look forward to pics!

Wally


>From: Ben Schultz <benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com>
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>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Ponchatrain Sailing Labor Day Weekend
>Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:39:00 -0500
>
>Rummy wrote:
><<Don't forget the most important provision, plenty of Mt. Gay rum.>>
>
>Amen to that.  I forgot to give you all this little story.
>
>I rode up with a good buddy of mine, who was anxious to test the towing 
>ability of a new truck.  We got to Edenton late in the evening on Friday.  
>By the time we found an ABC store, got something to eat, and hit the food 
>lion for mixers, ice, and some god-awful cigars, it was dark.  We rolled 
>out to the plant and even in the dark I knew Velvet Elvis as soon as the 
>headlights hit the boat.  It was on a trailer but pulled right next to the 
>loading dock, so we hopped aboard, gave her a quick inspection, poured the 
>Mt. Gay.
>
>Sitting in the cockpit smoking and drinking, the past year of non-sailing 
>disappeared.  It felt like I had been a few days since I had been there 
>before.  It was being home again.
>
>I am grateful for the fact that we bought only one bottle of Mt. Gay.  As 
>soon as I finished the last of it, I really wanted more.  Fortunately (for 
>the sake of our long drive back), we had no more and had nothing to do 
>other than to go to bed.  I can easily envision the scenario where we drink 
>and bs until 2:30 and have a long, hot, dehydrated, miserable 16 hour drive 
>in front of us the next morning.
>
>Actually, we got up early, farted around the plant for a couple of hours, 
>and left around 10:30 (I'm guessing).  We stopped Saturday night in 
>Alabama, and made it home just after lunch on Sunday.  It was a good, 
>uneventful trip.
>
>The launch is tomorrow.  I'll have pictures up soon.
>
>Ben
>
>
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