[Rhodes22-list] Advice on boat purchase

[Rob Lowe]

Kathy,
You've found the right address and place.  The answers to many of your
questions will be forthcoming.  But to answer your last, check out

http://www.frappr.com/rhodes22

to see where a lot of us are.  At least a few in NJ.

check out

http://www.rhodes22.com/

for more on the boat itself.

We tend to have some, ah, interesting discussions.  but stick with us and in
time you will know all you would like to know about the Rhodes 22.

Rob Lowe
S/V Getaway


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kathylong at comcast.net>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 12:26 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Advice on boat purchase


> This is my first post to the Rhodes22 list so I hope I am sending this
email to the correct address.
> I sailed and raced for about 10 years 'when I was young' spring, summer
and fall every week on the Navesink River in NJ - blue jays and later
lightnings.  Now I am a middle-aged, wife and mother and I would like to get
back into sailing.  My husband (a non-sailor) and I have taken the first
step by joining the Raritan Yacht Club.  We now have to figure out what type
of boat to purchase.  The members of RYC day sail, race and cruise.  (There
was no 'crusing' at Monmouth that I remember.)
> If we race it would be mostly for fun.  We have an active crusing program
at RYC with neighboring clubs.
> We looked at the J24, but we think it would not be a good cruiser - or not
as good as the Rhodes.
> Any feedback on the Rhodes for fun racing, day sailing and cruising
(weekend trips)?  The most people we would have on the boat would be four.
More typically just 2.
> Any one on this list from NJ?
>
> thank you,
> Kathy Long
>
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