[Rhodes22-list] SHE'S HOME!!!

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Hank,
Congrats on the boat.  I have a foredeck project also, so look forward to hearing about your progress on yours.  I'm curious about your 4x4 A Frame.  Did you have a third leg for stability and support.  I am pondering building a lifting rig so I can work on the boat off the trailer.  Thx and happy project.
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com>
>Sent: Sep 18, 2006 10:02 AM
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] SHE'S HOME!!!
>
>Well, we got our new (to us) boat home on Sunday with out too many
>difficulties.  Once again, the Rhodes Family has proven out to be an
>absolutely great bunch of folks.  Mike Wiesner has an '81 and lives close to
>the boat and generously offered to help us out.  It turned out to be a
>godsend as we eventually had to build an A Frame out of 4x4s to lift the
>front so we could slide the trailer underneath.  Mike's knowledge of this
>year Rhodes and the local area really helped us get the job done.  Otherwise
>we would have had to leave the trailer, let the boat yard load it and then
>return the following weekend to pick it up.  Not something I really wanted
>to think about doing.
>
>When we got to LI, we met the original owner, Norman Gross, who was very
>generous and gave us a lot of little extras he had like fuel tanks, and some
>extra sails.  The real gem was a virtually brand new Spinnaker with with
>spinnaker and whisker poles.  Additionally, he gave us a good price on a
>2004 8hp Evinrude that he bought 2 years ago for the boat.
>
>When we got to the boat, we found a years worth of accumulated rainwater
>inside, that took us a while to bail, but when we finished she was fairly
>dry.  The only thing wrong that we can see so far is their is a slight
>softness in the starboard foredeck, the floor in the cabin needs to be
>replaced and the bottom needs to be completely stripped and repainted,
>possibly with a barrier coat first.  The gel coat on the hull is absolutely
>gleaming and looks almost brand new.  The topsides look pretty darn good for
>24 year old boat.  All in all, it looks like we got a real winner.
>
>Thanks to all and a really big thanks to Mike.
>
>Regards,
>
>Hank
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