[Rhodes22-list] getting started

[Ronald Lipton]

Welcome Tom,

  I suspect that Stan would be willing to sell a recycled 
boat with a diamondboard. The board is not the stub keel 
itself but the retractable centerboard. Buying a new boat for a 
diamondboard is like buying a new car for the hubcaps. 
There has been some discussion of the benefits of the 
diamondboard relative to the old style centerboard on the 
list but comparisions are hard.  Most folks think that 
it makes a minor difference in performance.

I am confused by your mail - you say that you have given Stan 
a deposit but are asking about used boats on the list.  Have 
you gone down for a test sail? 

The Rhodes is a safe boat, not only because of the flotation and 
rigging, but because the sail area and mainsail position are so 
adjustable.  This allows you to sail comfortably in a wind that 
would keep other boats in the harbor or adjust to unexpected 
squalls or incoming fronts if you are out when you really shouldn't 
be.

Ron

----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Hogarty <hogarty at vcn.com>
Date: Saturday, December 22, 2007 8:05 am
Subject: [Rhodes22-list]  getting started
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org


>  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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