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Mary Lou could well be right about the capsize location.. I thought I read it
was around here. The story on the boat is the same


Mary Lou Troy-2 wrote:
> 
> HI Tom,
> Welcome to the list. I missed your original message but saw Rory's 
> reply. We sail out of Rock Hall but make it down to the West River 
> every now and then. I believe Peter Thorn from NC has launched at 
> Holiday Hill on a couple of his trips to the Chesapeake with his boat
> Raven.
> 
> Our boat, Fretless, is a 1991 boat refurbished in 1998 and as far as 
> I know has a conventional board. I think I'd spend more time worrying 
> about the other options. One of the nice things about buying a 
> recycled R22 is that you get a semi-custom boat tailored to how you 
> want to use it. Think long and hard about your expected uses and go 
> from there. In our case we knew we wanted to do a lot of overnighting 
> and cruises of up to a week or so and looked for an interior and 
> options that seemed to suit that purpose.
> 
> I believe the boat that Rory was talking about that capsized was in 
> NC and capsized as the result of a microburst pushing a wall of wind 
> and water that caught the boat on the stern quarter. Tornados were 
> reported in the area. In that case the boat floated upside down and 
> was not righted until the rigging was cut away. A large number of 
> boats were sunk that day. The Rhodes 22 was upside down but it 
> floated. This is the only instance I have ever heard about a R22 
> actually completely capsizing. Under "normal" severe conditions the 
> Rhodes will do quite well.
> 
> Best wishes and good luck.
> 
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22  Fretless
> Rock Hall, MD
> 
> At 06:22 PM 12/15/2007, you wrote:
> 
>>Welcome,
>>     I am across the bay from you on Tilghman Island and would be happy to
>>help . There a number of Rhodes on the bay.. I have a 2000 referb and
>>frankly I don't know if it has the diamond keel or not.
>>I suspect it does.. I would doubt that the keel style has all that much
>>effect on sailability but I would leave that answer to others.. A new boat
>>might entail a longer wait ..
>>            I don't know quite what you mean by self righting.. If the
>> boat
>>is heeled over hard, the hull drag will slow you enough to keep from
>>capsizing in any situation I have seen.. I have had it hard on the rail
lots
>>of times.It is fun but not really where you want to be if trimmed right
for
>>speed.
>>That being said, a microburst did capsize a Rhodes several years ago here
>>near Knapps Narrows. The mast I believe was impaled in the mud and
prevented
>>it from geting righted.. I don't know what would happen if it were deep
>>enough to do a full turtle.. It has lots of flotation. Stan would have to
>>tell you how a fully water loaded Rhodes will float but I think it would
>>sink only as far as the gunwales. I do not know of a safer boat in its
size
>>range..If sudden storms are your concern.. reef 95% of your sails for
>>stability and /or head into the wind using the motor or anchor. The upper
>>and middle Bay are so narrow, you are not far from some shelter most of
the
>>time. Lower bay can be a good bit worse though there are some pretty rough
>>conditions on occasion in upper and middle.. Talk to as many experienced
>>sailors as you can find..
>>They will be happy to share their experiences and horror stories with
>>you..:-) How they reacted to problems is always a lesson in what to do or
>>not to do.
>>                                 Rory
>>
>>
>>Tom Hogarty wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello, I'm new to sailing, just leased a slip on the Chesapeake,
>> Holiday
>> > Hill Marina, Mayo, Maryland, and have decided to get a Rhodes.  Stan
>> just
>> > received our deposit, and we have not yet decided which boat to
>> purchase.
>> > Does anyone on this list have one for sale?  Does anyone have enough
>> > experience with the new diamond keel to say it justify the cost of a
>> new
>> > boat?  Does anything remotely related to a boat have to be justified?
>> > I understand that these are hard to capsize and have positive
>> flotation,
>> > are they self righting as well?
>> >
>> > Many thanks,
>> > Tom Hogarty
>> >
>>
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