[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes 22 Video on the Net

[TN Rhodey]

David,

Thanks for posting!

Wally


>From: "David Culp" <dculp at hsbtx.us>
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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Rhodes 22 Video on the Net
>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 23:11:44 -0500
>
>Ever wonder what you look like to other boats sailing your Rhodes?  This is
>a link to a .wmv file that a friend of mine made on my first sail of the
>Rhodes 22.   He is a sailing instructor on Lake LBJ and owns
>sailingtexas.com.  When I am around, I usually try and get out in my
>sailboat (now a Rhodes) and do a little sailing with he and his students.
>He likes to expose them to sailing in close proximity to other boats,
>right-of-way rules, how to control speed to stay with another boat, etc.  
>So
>we meet up and they end up harassing me most of the time-but all in good
>fun!   The video was taken from a Flying Scot with a Portsmouth of about
>89.0, so at 100 for the Rhodes we need not be embarrassed getting passed or
>being forced too close to the wind.  You can tell we didn't have a whole 
>lot
>of wind that day-probably 7 or 8 knots.  I have all the sails out, the cars
>all the way forward in the tracks and she is sailing nicely on her lines.
>
>http://sailingtexas.com/Movies/Rhodes22c/srhodes22c2.html
>
>It is 14 MB big, so broadband is highly recommended.
>
>David
>
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