[Rhodes22-list] Boat Name "NoKaOi"

[Bob and Kathy Quinn]

Bud:  We had the pleasure of serving two tours with the AF in Hawaii.  "Maui 
NoKaOi'  - meaning Maui is the best!  To us, sailing is the best, so the 
name for the boat was done.

There are several Hawaiin words that fit sail boat names to a "T."  Pau 
Hana - finished work.  Mokupea - sailboat. etc.

Cheers,  Bob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bud" <budconnor at earthlink.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] I'VE BEEN OUTED! or 'My Journey TO a RHODES'


> Bob,
>  speaking of stories ... how did you come up with the name NoKaOi?
>
> Thanks,
> Bud
> '90 Rhodes - still un-named
>
> Kathy wrote:
>
>> Great story.  We'll be looking for you in Key Largo.  Are you on the Bay 
>> or Atlantic side?
>>
>> Bob and Kathy on the "NoKaOi"
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "petelargo" 
>> <petelauritzen at earthlink.net>
>> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 4:47 PM
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] I'VE BEEN OUTED! or 'My Journey TO a RHODES'
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I guess it's time to 'surface' since the Ed pics officially outed me. 
>>> First I
>>> would like to say that I am really not as old as the pictures make me 
>>> look.
>>> I think it was the light that day, probably too much of it. I have been
>>> living 6 months in Boone, NC (June to Dec) and six months in Key Largo 
>>> (Dec
>>> thru May) for the past 6 years. I have been sailing for 6 years and have
>>> been a classed river kayaker for 12 years. I am relatively friendly.
>>>
>>> Next, I admit that it is true that I bought a RHODES without ever 
>>> personally
>>> seeing one or sailing one. I know that it's kinda crazy, so I hope I fit
>>> right in with this group. After sailing several boats I did get a real 
>>> clear
>>> picture of what I wanted in a boat.  I spent two years of research to 
>>> arrive
>>> at the RHODES choice. The RHODES was the only boat that looked to exceed 
>>> my
>>> requirements. I think it will.
>>>
>>> In my search for what I could afford, sometime around end of October for
>>> about three days, I actually had first right of refusal on three used
>>> RHODES! I was the second in line for the steve crop RHODES in ft. laud. 
>>> I
>>> had dibs on another RHODES that has not resurfaced yet. And then I 
>>> called
>>> Rummy.
>>>
>>> I can't really say enough about the help and enthusiasm that Rummy and 
>>> also
>>> Ed gave to me upon my bearing in on the Lake Hartwell RHODES. At some 
>>> point
>>> when I told Rummy I was a bit nervous, he actually told me to 'knock it 
>>> off,
>>> your getting a great boat and my name is on the line as well'.  It has 
>>> been
>>> years since I met someone who was actually concerned about their good 
>>> name.
>>> How refreshing!
>>>
>>> I did meet Stan, who baptised me at the factory upon picking up my 
>>> trailer.
>>> It was a cold day in Edenton and Stan had a huge parka on that went from 
>>> his
>>> knees to just past his chin.  Rose did paperwork and I proceeded onto 
>>> Lake
>>> Hartwell. I did trailer the RHODES to Boone NC in the High Country and 
>>> found
>>> myself to be more of a religious man than I thought, as I drove HWY 321
>>> straight up to Blowing Rock in my 20 year old rusting FORD F-150 named
>>> "Beast".  I did start breathing again the next day.
>>>
>>> I will have many technical questions to be sure. For now the most 
>>> pressing
>>> are:
>>>
>>> 1) How many weeks go by before you stop compulsively walking outside and
>>> constantly looking at your Rhodes?
>>> 2) Is it considered an extra marital affair if you are touching your 
>>> RHODES
>>> more than your wife?
>>> 3) Is it a diagnosable mental disability, if you simply can't stop 
>>> thinking
>>> about sailing in your RHODES?
>>>
>>> Thanks for being such a great group and to Stan for his passion.
>>>
>>> NEXT: "My Journey IN a RHODES"
>>>
>>> Pete Lauritzen
>>> Red Rhodes 89 Recycled 2004
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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