[Rhodes22-list] What to do...what to do?

[Herb Parsons]

Brad's advice on a van is good advice. My Dodge Ram 2500 pulls my O'Day
25 with no trouble. You should have less trouble with your Rhodes. I've
launched and pulled my brother's Rhodes 22 several times with it.

>>> flybrad at gmail.com 6/23/2006 3:24:07 pm >>>
Wally,

You wrote, "The last thing I want to do is make a decsion that will
cause me
to actually sail less."  Buy a bigger boat and you WILL sail less.
Trust
me! Keep the Rhodes-22.  Buy an older conversion van, say about ten
years
old, for around $4k.  You'll find a nice one for that price, big enough
to
tow your house if need be.  When all your unwanted relatives show up,
you
can drive them  to the river in one load (after that, your business).
Tow
vehichles are easier to find than really good boats.

Brad


On 6/23/06, TN Rhodey <tnrhodey at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> About a month ago the transmission on my 94 S10 Blazer started acting
up.
> I
> purchased the vehicle used in 97 and it has about 230K miles. The
> transmission was rebuilt 100K or so miles ago and it was getting
ready to
> go. I also needed new tires, brakes (with rotors), AC work (at worse
> vacuum
> leak, maybe compressor). After I got all of that fixed i would still
have
> a
> motor with 230K miles. All in all way more than I wanted to spend on
my
> old
> truck.
>
> So I traded in and I am now driving a 2005 , 2 Door 5 speed Civic Ex.
This
> is my third Honda and second Civic. What a great little car! I am
getting
> about 37 MPG in town running AC. I am used to driving my old Blazer
or
> even
> older 84 Mitsubishi Pickup.  The Civic is fun to drive and quite
peppy. I
> am
> saving about $130 a month in gas! So far so good.
>
> Now I have to make a decision about tow vehicle replacement. My
beater
> pickup is a 4 banger and in no way capable of safely towing my R22.
It can
> tow my Bantam just fine. So decisions time*..
>
> Option 1*..instead of buying tow vehicle I could sell my R22 and
purchase
> a
> sailboat in the 28 * 30 foot range. I already pay slip fees year
round and
> it is $35 more monthly for larger slip. I realize haulout, bottom
jobs,
> sails and so on are all more exspensive. We are not towing the R22 at
all
> now. If I get the urge for new horizons we have free unlimited (other
than
> time) access to my Uncle's 35 foot Pearson in Cocoa FL.  We cruised
up the
> SE coast last summer and are just lacking time to put together next
> cruise.
> Most likely destinations are Bahamas or the Keys. Of course if my
Uncle
> ever
> decides to sell his Pearson this option goes away.
>
> Option 2 **Keep my R22, sell my 84 pickup, take my time and look for
a
> good
> used truck for projects and towing. As gas and the cost of
maintaining
> dedicated tow vehicle keep going up this option is becoming less
> attractive.
>
> Option 3 (most likely)*.Keep my R22, keep my 84 pickup and don't
purchase
> replacement tow vehicle. Use the money I save to get R22 painted,
new
> breaker box, purchase all new cabin cushions and sails. Borrow or
rent
> pickup for local haul out.
>
> When I first purchased the R22 I was thinking I would tow more often.
What
> I
> found is my local waters are so nice that we really haven't had the
desire
> to tow. The R22 has filled every need but we sleep on the boat a
bunch.  I
> must admit more room inside would be nice. I am not going to rush
into
> anything. The last thing I want to do is make a decsion that will
cause me
> to actually sail less.
>
> Any comments?
>
> Wally
>
>
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