[Rhodes22-list] Joseph Hadzima other trailerable sailboats & Jay B.

[Joseph Hadzima]

Ed, 

I wasn't blowing steam ... then, and I didn't suggest an
O'Day, rather I listed the Corsair family of TRIMARIANs
which are larger trailerables capible of sailing the nice
blue water off the coast of California.  If Jay was
interested in seeking out a larger trailerable that is all
I wanted to suggest.

Yes multi-hulls are not for everyone, and in Jay's
follow-up email he said he spent at least 18 - 24 months
doing research, so I won't bother to make more suggestions,
because he has probably checked into the same boats I
researched.

I did however, take a look at the Dana 24 Jay wrote about.
Very interesting craft!  Thanks Jay ... this is a new one
for me.

hadz / joe / joseph ...


--- Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:

> 
> Joe,
> 
>      You are spouting steam to the wrong guy.  I have a
> Rhodes 22 which I
> can launch and retrieve the boat by myself. 
> 
>       I also have a O'Day 26.  It is supposed to be a
> trailerable sailboat. 
> It is trailerable with two able bodied assistants.  And
> the help needs to be
> experienced and boat savvy.  For your information the
> centerboard on the
> O’Day pivots just like the Rhodes.  That is where the
> similarity stops.  
> 
>        All the boats you mentioned require experienced
> assistance in
> launching and retrieving.  Keep in mind this guy is a
> rookie.  After owning
> and sailing the Rhodes 22 for several years, he will gain
> the skills and may
> want to follow Russ's lead.  Russ used to have a Rhodes
> 22, and as I recall,
> trailered from Maryland to Hilton Head, South Carolina. 
> When dealing with
> his Seaward 26 has a very experienced and able bodied
> grandson, which he did
> not mention.
> 
>         For a rookie, the Rhodes 22 is the way to go.  It
> is much safer,
> easier to sail, and the best learning boat out there.  He
> will not kill
> himself nor drown his wife.  It is a very forgiving
> sailboat.  It will not
> give him a heart attach when his son solos.
> 
>        You will not find a sailboat less than 35 feet
> with IMF.  Also, the
> Rhodes 22 can be launched and retrieved by a relatively
> inexperienced
> sailor.  It can be trailered long distances without a big
> truck pulling it.   
> 
>         As for sailing to off shore island in California,
> there is a Rhodes
> 22 owner who did so.  But he is no longer on the list. 
> Research would find
> his name and he ought to be contacted. 
> 
>         There is an important difference in a boat being
> trailerable and
> moveable by trailer.  There is also a learning curve that
> you only get by
> sailing.
> 
>         BTW, the seaward uses a daggerboard with ballast
> in the daggerboard. 
> Otherwise, I have been on a new one and it was beautiful.
>  Contact Stan
> about putting IMF on such a boat, he needs new
> challanges.  
> 
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
>