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

[Jay Bulfer]

I went thru the multi-hull phase when I first started looking, I liked the Corsair F-24 & F28. 
Way to empty inside for the money. My wife would never go for that. I liked the unsinkable
but not the flip over part. I ruled them out.
    
Jb
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Joseph Hadzima<mailto:josef508 at yahoo.com> 
  To: The Rhodes 22 mail list<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> 
  Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 6:32 PM
  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Joseph Hadzima other trailerable sailboats & JayB.


  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<mailto: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
  > Oâ?TDay 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
  > 

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